STEPPING DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stepping down mean? 

• STEPPING DOWN (noun)
  The noun STEPPING DOWN has 2 senses:

1. a formal resignation and renunciation of powers

2. the act of abdicating

  Familiarity information: STEPPING DOWN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STEPPING DOWN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A formal resignation and renunciation of powers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

abdication; stepping down

Hypernyms ("stepping down" is a kind of...):

resignation (the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.))

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of abdicating

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

abdication; stepping down

Hypernyms ("stepping down" is a kind of...):

resignation (a formal document giving notice of your intention to resign)

 Context examples 

And as for Fanny's just stepping down to my house for me—it is not much above a quarter of a mile—I cannot think I was unreasonable to ask it.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

"I'll be tellin' ye quick!" he answered, and, stepping down to his cabin, produced a receipt signed "Immanuel Hildesheim."

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)