abdicate aid assist be pensioned be superannuated boot bounce break bump bust can cashier deconsecrate defrock degrade demit demote deplume depose deprive dethrone disbar discharge discrown disemploy disenthrone dismiss displace displume drum out excommunicate expel finance fire fund furlough give the ax give the gate give up help junk kick kick upstairs lay off leave let go let out liquidate make redundant oust overthrow pay the bills pension purge quit read out of release relinquish remove remove from office renounce the throne replace resign retire retire from office sack scrap separate forcibly stand aside stand down step aside strip strip of office strip of rank subsidize superannuate support surplus suspend turn off turn out unchurch unfrock unsaddle unseat unthrone vacate withdraw from