THESAURUS
stand aside
abdicate, abrupt, alienate, be pensioned, be superannuated, cast off, cast out, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, delete, demit, depart, disarticulate, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, eject, estrange, expel, give up, isolate, leave, part, pension off, pull away, pull back, pull out, quit, relinquish, renounce the throne, resign, retire, retire from office, segregate, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, shut off, split, stand aloof, stand apart, stand down, step aside, subtract, superannuate, throw off, throw out, uncouple, unyoke, vacate, withdraw, withdraw from
ROGET THESAURUS
stand aside
Recession
VB
recede, go, move back, move from, retire, withdraw, shrink, back off, come away, move away, back away, go away, get away, drift away, depart, retreat, move off, stand off, sheer off, fall back,
stand aside, run away, remove, shunt, distance.