retrospect Definition
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retrospect
noun
- 1. When considering or looking back on what has happened in the past
- Example: In retrospect, it wasn't a good idea
- The action of looking back at the past.
- A survey of one's past life.
- Said of a law, etc: applying to the past as well as to the present and to the future.
- Inclined to look back on past events.
- Thesaurus: backward-looking, historical, reminiscent, evocative.
- An exhibition which shows how an artist's work has developed over the years.
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