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noun
1.
contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
verb (used without object)
2.
to look back in thought; refer back (often followed by to): to retrospect to a period in one's youth.
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verb (used with object)
Idiom3.
to look back upon; contemplate retrospectively.
4.
in retrospect, in looking back on past events; upon reflection: It was, in retrospect, the happiest day of her life.
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Word Origin & History
retrospect
c.1600, from L. retrospectum, pp. of retrospicere "look back," from retro- "back" + specere "look at" (see scope (1)). Retrospective (adj.) is attested from 1660s; as a noun, it is recorded from 1964, short for retrospective exhibition (1919), etc.
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