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ritirata

retreat, withdrawal

noun ree-tee-RAH-tah Rare

Also means

toilet (dated)

Usage Note

Ritirata primarily means a military retreat or withdrawal — battere in ritirata ('to beat a retreat') is a fixed phrase. In dated or literary usage it also means a toilet or latrine; that sense is now largely archaic but may appear in older texts.

Examples

"L'esercito fu costretto alla ritirata."

Natural Translation

The army was forced into a retreat.

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