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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