Kivonult

Kivonult is a Hungarian term that conveys the idea of having withdrawn or departed. It is formed from the verb kivonul (to withdraw, to retreat, to leave a place) and functions as a past tense form or as a participial adjective describing something that has already withdrawn. In usage, it often appears in contexts such as military, political, or organizational movements, where a unit, force, or group leaves a location or disengages from a position.

As a verb form, kivonult can describe a completed act of withdrawal: for example, a military unit that has left the front line can be said to have kivonult. As an attributive participle, it can describe a noun to indicate the state of having withdrawn, as in kivonult egység or kivonult személy, depending on grammatical agreement.

Etymologically, kivonult comes from ki- meaning out and vonul meaning to march or move in a line, so the compound expresses moving out or leaving a place.

Related terms include kivonulás (the act of withdrawing or withdrawal) and kivonuló (withdrawn, or the one who withdraws). It is distinct from visszavonul, which more commonly emphasizes retreat or pulling back, and from visszavonás, the act of withdrawing a decision or statement.

In contemporary Hungarian, kivonult appears in formal writing, journalism, and historical accounts where the emphasis is on a completed withdrawal rather than on the process of moving away.