This is the 7639th most frequent Japanese word.
勇退
Voluntary retirement.
勇退 is used here to describe voluntarily stepping down from a leadership position, implying honor.
彼は社長を勇退しました。
He retired voluntarily from the company president position.
In this context, 勇退 conveys the athlete's respectful and dignified decision to retire.
その有名な選手が現役を勇退すると発表しました。
The famous athlete announced they would retire honorably from active competition.
Here, 勇退 suggests the politician's deliberate and respectable choice to withdraw from candidacy.