Synonyms for step-down
step-down

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1. step-downadjective

   Antonyms:
   step-up

2. step-downadjective

   Antonyms:
   step-up

3. step-downadjective

   Antonyms:
   step-up

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1. decrease, diminution, reduction, step-downverb

   the act of decreasing or reducing something

   Synonyms:
   reducing, lessening, simplification, decrease, reduction, decrement, drop-off, decline, diminution

2. leave office, quit, step down, resignverb

   give up or retire from a position

   "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"

   Synonyms:
   drop by the wayside, submit, quit, foreswear, de-escalate, chuck up the sponge, leave office, fall by the wayside, throw in, vacate, lay off, discontinue, drop out, step down, take leave, renounce, weaken, give up, release, resign, cease, depart, relinquish, stop, reconcile, throw in the towel, free

3. de-escalate, weaken, step downverb

   reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of

   "de-escalate a crisis"

   Synonyms:
   subvert, step down, counteract, soften, resign, countermine, quit, leave office, de-escalate, dampen, break, sabotage, damp, weaken, undermine

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1. List of paraphrases for "step-down":

   cascading, cascaded, tiered, cascade, layered, tiering

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How to use step-down in a sentence?

1. Robert Bentley:

   I have decided it is time for me to step down as governor, i'm leaving this office that I have loved to focus on other and possibly more effective areas of service.

2. Zabihullah Mujahid:

   He has been appointed emir by the shura, so there is no way he will step down on demands of these people.

3. Iowans Phillip and Mallory:

   No [because of] his age. He needs to just step down and endorse someone else.

4. Amanda Renteria:

   This pattern of misconduct is completely unacceptable, from Washington to California, citizens have begun calling out misuse of power wherever and whenever it happens. That’s why it’s time for Newsom to step down.

5. Kevin Jon Heller:

   This has to be seen as a step down by the prosecutor’s office, it is very rare for Bensouda to say a decision is imminent and then not to follow through: her statements are usually carefully measured and deliberate.