Retrospective
Pronunciation : Re`tro*spec"tive
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Cf. F. r?trospectif.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913