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Noun: standdown
  1. A suspension and relaxation from an alert state or a state of readiness
    - stand-down
     
  2. (military) a temporary stop of offensive military action
    - stand-down

Derived forms: stand-downs

Type of: abeyance, stop, stoppage, suspension

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