Category:Retrospective

Re`tro*spec"tive, a. Etym: [cf. F. rétrospectif.]

1. Looking backward; contemplating things past; -- opposed to Prospective; as, a retrospective view. The sage, with retrospective eye. Pope.

2. Having reference to what is past; affecting things past; Retroactive; as, a retrospective law. Inflicting death by a retrospective enactment. Macaulay.