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ret·ro·spec·tion

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–noun

1.	the action, process, or faculty of looking back on things past.

2.	a survey of past events or experiences.

[Origin: 1625–35; retrospect + -ion

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ret·ro·spect Audio Help   (rět'rə-spěkt') Pronunciation Key
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 contemplate the past.
To refer back.

v. tr.
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.

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retrospection
noun
1.	reference to things past; "the story begins with no introductory retrospections"
2.	memory for experiences that are past; "some psychologists tried to contrast retrospection and introspection"