Verb
give up or retire from a position
Source: WordNetIt is a fantasy to believe that you punish politicians by throwing them out of office. It is when they leave office that they start making the real money. Peter Hitchens
With two civil wars, an al-Qaida presence and 40% unemployment, what else is President Saleh waiting for? He should leave office now. Tawakkol Karman
With two civil wars, an al-Qaida presence and 40% unemployment, what else is President Saleh waiting for? He should leave office now...This revolution is inevitable, the people have endured dictatorship, corruption, poverty and unemployment for years and now the whole thing is exploding. Tawakkol Karman
What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again. Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley
High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make. Henry Kissinger
I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as president I must put the interests of America first Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Richard Nixon