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  stand down
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 παραιτούμαι
     2 χαλαρώνω το επίπεδο ετοιμότητας για επίθεση ή επιβολή τάξης
     3 αναπαύομαι, ξεκουράζομαι

  stand down
     vb.
     1 (lb en idiomatic) To wait; to stop pursuing, stop fighting, or
  relax from a heightened readiness posture.
     2 (lb en ambitransitive) To withdraw or retire from a position or
  from a team.

  stand down
     vb.
     1 (lb en idiomatic) To wait; to stop pursuing, stop fighting, or
  relax from a heightened readiness posture.
     2 (lb en ambitransitive) To withdraw or retire from a position or
  from a team.

  stand down
     vb.
     1 (lb en idiomatic) To wait; to stop pursuing, stop fighting, or
  relax from a heightened readiness posture.
     2 (lb en ambitransitive) To withdraw or retire from a position or
  from a team.

  stand down
     vb.
     1 (lb en idiomatic) To wait; to stop pursuing, stop fighting, or
  relax from a heightened readiness posture.
     2 (lb en ambitransitive) To withdraw or retire from a position or
  from a team.

  stand down
     Englanti vb.
     1 (yhteys BrE k=en) erota (virasta, asemasta), jättää (virka, asema);
  vetäytyä, luopua, luovuttaa
     2 poistua todistajanaitiosta

  stand down /stˈand dˈaʊn/
   [Br.] abziehen, auflösen  [mil.]
   see: standing down, stood down
  

  stand down /stˈand dˈaʊn/
   [Br.] zurücktreten  [adm.]
           Note: als
        "stand down as a candidate"  - auf seine Kandidatur verzichten
        "stand down in favour of a person"  - zugunsten einer Person zurücktreten
     Synonym: step down
  
   see: standing down, stepping down, stood down, stepped down
  

  85 Moby Thesaurus words for "stand down":
     Pax Dei, Pax Romana, Peace of God, abandon, abdicate, abeyance,
     armistice, back out, be pensioned, be superannuated, beg off,
     break, breathing spell, buffer zone, caesura, cease-fire,
     cooling-off period, cry off, day off, demilitarized zone, demit,
     depart from, discard, drop, drop out, evacuate, forsake, give up,
     go back on, hesitation, holiday, hollow truce, interim, interlude,
     intermezzo, intermission, intermittence, interruption, interval,
     jettison, jilt, lapse, layoff, leave, leave behind, leave flat,
     letup, lull, maroon, modus vivendi, neutral territory,
     pacification, pause, pax in bello, peace, pension off, pull out,
     quit, quit cold, recess, relinquish, remission, renege,
     renounce the throne, resign, respite, rest, retire,
     retire from office, say goodbye to, stand aside, stay, step aside,
     superannuate, suspension, suspension of hostilities, take leave of,
     temporary arrangement, throw over, treaty of peace, truce, vacate,
     vacation, withdraw, withdraw from
  
  

     退出,退让