retrospect

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/ˈɹɛtɹəˌspɛkt/

Definition of retrospect

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

Consideration of past times.

“My mind, calmer and stronger now than last night, made for itself some imperious rules, prohibiting under deadly penalties all weak retrospect of happiness past; commanding a patient journeying through the wilderness of the present...”
“Whether, like Colin, in retrospect Willie Lee and Baptist would feel that what has vanished was greater than what was achieved, is not something we can predict.”

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noun

Consideration of past times.

“My mind, calmer and stronger now than last night, made for itself some imperious rules, prohibiting under deadly penalties all weak retrospect of happiness past; commanding a patient journeying through the wilderness of the present...”
“Whether, like Colin, in retrospect Willie Lee and Baptist would feel that what has vanished was greater than what was achieved, is not something we can predict.”

verb

To look or refer back to; to reflect on.

“To give a correct idea of the circumstances which have gradually produced this conviction, it may be useful to retrospect to an early period.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Borrowed from Latin retrōspectum, from retrōspicio (“to look back at”), equivalent to retro- + -spect. Compare review.

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