adj having reference to what is past; affecting things past; retroactive; as, a retrospective law.
2. retrospective ·adj looking backward; contemplating things past;
opposed to prospective; as, a retrospective view.
adj having reference to what is past; affecting things past; retroactive; as, a retrospective law.
2. retrospective ·adj looking backward; contemplating things past;
opposed to prospective; as, a retrospective view.
Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012