[re-truh-spek-shuh
n] 
| 1. | the action, process, or faculty of looking back on things past. |
| 2. | a survey of past events or experiences. |
| ret·ro·spect (rět'rə-spěkt') n. A review, survey, or contemplation of things in the past. v. ret·ro·spect·ed, ret·ro·spect·ing, ret·ro·spects v. intr.
To look back on or contemplate (things past). [From Latin *retrōspectus, past participle of retrōspicere, to look back at : retrō-, retro- + specere, to look at; see spek- in Indo-European roots.] ret'ro·spec'tion n. |