勇退

ゆうたい【勇退】

¶ → 勇退する

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ゆうたい【勇退】

～する retire voluntarily; resign one's post of one's own accord [with good grace]; be relieved of one's post on one's own recommendation [at one's own request]; make an honorable retreat; bow out.

●勇退して後進に途(_みち)を開く give way to a junior; step down to make room [way] for a younger colleague

・彼はもう勇退してもよい年だ. He is at an age now when he might well consider stepping down and making room for others.