RETROSPECTIVE

retrospective. Retrospective, a. looking backwards, reviewing

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Re′tro‐spec″tive (?), a. [[Cf. F. rétrospectif.]] 1. 1. Looking backward; contemplating things past; — opposed to prospective; as, a retrospective view.
The sage, with retrospective eye. Pope. 2. 2. Having reference to what is past; affecting things past; retroactive; as, a retrospective law.
Inflicting death by a retrospective enactment. Macaulay.