· give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
Synonym(s): leave_office, quit, resign
Hypernym(s): leave, depart, pull_up_stakes
· reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis"
Synonym(s): de-escalate, weaken
Hypernym(s): decrease, lessen, minify