Bible Dictionaries
Retrospective

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Looking backward; contemplating things past; - opposed to prospective; as, a retrospective view.

(2):

(a.) Having reference to what is past; affecting things past; retroactive; as, a retrospective law.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Retrospective'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/retrospective.html. 1828.