Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun stand-down

2 senses of stand-down

Sense 1
standdown, stand-down -- (a suspension and relaxation from an alert state or a state of readiness)
       => abeyance, suspension -- (temporary cessation or suspension)

Sense 2
standdown, stand-down -- ((military) a temporary stop of offensive military action)
       => stop, stoppage -- (the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood")