Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RET-RO-SPECT'IVE
RET-RO-SPEC'TIONRET-RO-SPECT'IVE-LY
RET-RO-SPECT'IVE, a.
- Looking back on past events; as, a retrospective view.
- Having reference to what is past; affecting things past. A penal statute can have no retrospective effect or operation.
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