sword

To resign from a job or other position of responsibility, especially when pressured to do so.

To experience or succeed in combat or struggle for the first time, as in the military or in politics.

To execute, especially by using a sword.

To end a battle; to make peace.

Of or pertaining to a genre of narratives—including short stories, novels, television shows, films, and computer games—which combines wizardry and other fantastical supernatural elements with violent combat using pre-modern weaponry.