step
Family in law
Do you mean to abdicate.
calm down
Stomp.Lumber.
Walk, and step can be used in place of tread.
descend
insult
oscillation
decreasing
Step by step, summary, recap, rundown, or plot line. Those words mean synopsis.
Another word for intercession would be mediation, to mediate or intervention. Meaning to intervene on someone else's behalf or to step in. There are not very many other words.