りとう
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. secession from a political party
Pitch accent
とう
Composed of
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
(written) resignation from a political party; notice of resignation from a party
party secessionist; defector from a party
Examples (1 in total)
He entered the Democratic Party but soon left it.