Definition of Stand-down

1. Noun. A suspension and relaxation from an alert state or a state of readiness.

Exact synonyms: Standdown
Generic synonyms: Abeyance, Suspension

2. Noun. (military) a temporary stop of offensive military action.
Exact synonyms: Standdown
Generic synonyms: Stop, Stoppage
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stand-down

stancher
stanchers
stanches
stanchest
stanching
stanchion
stanchioned
stanchioning
stanchions
stanchless
stanchly
stanchness
stanck
stand-alone
stand-down (current term)
stand-in
stand-ins
stand-off
stand-offish
stand-offishly
stand-out
stand-to
stand-up
stand-up comedy
stand-up guy
stand-ups
stand a chance
stand and deliver
stand aside

Literary usage of Stand-down

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Romano Lavo-lil by George Henry Borrow (1907)
"... of justice witnesses told to stand down, so they supposed that to stand down was much the same as to sit down, whence their odd rendering of Stanley. ..."

2. Romano Lavo-lil: Word-book of the Romany Or, English Gypsy Language by George Henry Borrow (1905)
"... of justice witnesses told to stand down, so they supposed that to stand down was much the same as to sit down, whence their odd rendering of Stanley. ..."

3. Dust Off: Army Aeromedical Evacuation in Vietnam by Peter Dorland, James Nanney (2001)
"Stand-Down and Ship Out The phased withdrawal of American forces from Vietnam, begun in the summer of 1968, continued until, on 11 August 1972, ..."

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