'step down' definitions:

Definition of 'step down'

verb

Give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" [syn: leave office, quit, step down, resign] [ant: take office]

verb

Reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de- escalate a crisis" [syn: de-escalate, weaken, step down] [ant: escalate, intensify, step up]

Synonyms of 'step down'

From: Moby Thesaurus

abridge,
amplify,
charge,
compress,
curtail,
cut,
cut back,
cut down,
damp,
dampen,
decrease,
deduct,
deflate,
depreciate,
depress,
diminish,
downgrade,
electrify,
energize,
galvanize,
generate,
lessen,
loop in,
lower,
pare,
plug in,
reduce,
retrench,
roll back,
scale down,
shock,
short,
short-circuit,
shorten,
simplify,
step up,
stiffen,
switch off,
switch on,
take from,
tune down,
turn off,
turn on

Words containing 'step down'

Step,
Step-,
Stepped,
Stepping,
To step in,
To step into,
To step off,
To step out,
in step,
in step with,
step by step,
step in,
step on,
step on it,
step out,
step up,
stepping down,
steps,
step-by-step,
Back step,
Bed steps,
Half step,
Lock step,
Step grate,
Step-down,
Step-up,
Stepped gear,
To change step,
To step aside,
To step forth,
To step short,
To take steps,
corbel step,
crow step,
dance step,
false step,
first step,
flight of steps,
goose step,
keep step,
sea steps,
step aside,
step dancing,
step faults,
step forward,
step ladder,
step lively,
step rocket,
step stool,
step to the fore,
step-in,
stepped line,
stepping motor,
stepping stone,
take steps,
whole step,
Hop step and a jump,
Hop step and jump,
Stepping-stone,
Two-step,
corbie-step,
high-stepped,
high-stepping,
one-step,
step-down transformer,
step-up transformer,
hop-step-and-jump