stood down
Ceased military readiness
Stood down is the past tense of stand down, meaning to withdraw, step back, or relinquish a position.
Military forces stand down when they cease a state of readiness: The troops stood down after the crisis passed.
A candidate who stood down withdrew from a race.
Someone stood down from a role resigned or stepped aside: The CEO stood down amid controversy.
No longer in workforce
- resignedYielded to circumstances
- quitCease doing something
- vacatedLeft a place empty
- abdicatedRelinquished power formally
relinquished · departed · withdrew · bowed out · exited · handed over · walked away · gave notice
Sanctuary or withdrawal
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- disengagementWithdrawal from involvement
- pullbackWithdrawal or reduction
- demobilizationEnding wartime military readiness
off duty · decommissioned · ceasefire · de-escalation · at rest · dismissed · released · furloughed
Gave way or produced
- capitulatedCeased resistance, conceded
- acquiescedAgreed without protest
- gave inStopped resisting pressure
- relentedStopped resisting, softened
submitted · deferred · caved · folded · backed off
Left before completing
- pulled outRemoved or exited
- concededAdmitted defeat formally
- stepped asideMoved to let pass
retired
No longer in workforce
abdicated · relinquished · departed · withdrew · bowed out · exited · handed over · walked away · gave notice · called it quits
retreat
Sanctuary or withdrawal
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- disengagementWithdrawal from involvement
- pullbackWithdrawal or reduction
demobilization · off duty · decommissioned · ceasefire · de-escalation · at rest · dismissed · released · furloughed · deactivated
yielded
Gave way or produced
- capitulatedCeased resistance, conceded
- acquiescedAgreed without protest
- gave inStopped resisting pressure
relented · submitted · deferred · caved · folded · backed off
dropped out
Left before completing
- pulled outRemoved or exited
- concededAdmitted defeat formally
- stepped asideMoved to let pass
- nonfunctionalbroken, malfunctioning, inoperative, out of order, nonfunctional
- surrenderedsurrendered, capitulated, yielded, conceded, submitted
stood downescalated
Increased in severity
doubled down · stood one's ground · pressed on · advanced · confronted
stood downstepped up
Increased in degree
took office · took over · took charge · took the reins · stood in
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