Mundur

Mundur is an Indonesian word meaning to retreat, withdraw, or move backward. It functions as a verb and can describe both physical movement and figurative withdrawal. It is commonly used as the opposite of maju, which means forward or to advance, and appears in phrases describing direction or tendency.

In everyday and formal language, mundur is used to indicate stepping down from a position or withdrawing from an activity. Examples include: Saya mundur dari jabatan tersebut. Perusahaan itu memutuskan untuk mundur dari proyek itu. It can also describe backward motion, as in kendaraan yang bergerak mundur (a vehicle moving backward) or gerak mundur in a sequence.

The word is versatile across contexts, including politics, business, sports, and daily life, where it connotes retreat or withdrawal rather than forward movement. It is primarily an Indonesian term, widely understood in Malay-speaking regions and used in similar contexts there.