retroaction
Americannoun
noun
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an action contrary or reciprocal to a preceding action
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a retrospective action, esp a law affecting events prior to its enactment
Etymology
Origin of retroaction
Example Sentences
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In inspiration there is retroaction, and, in some sort, distrust.
From Delsarte System of Oratory by Various
It is to these people, and by retroaction, to yourselves, that you do harm when you govern unjustly.
From Superstition In All Ages (1732) Common Sense by Knoop, Anna
This is in fact retroaction; in the first case we love the soul, in the latter the form.
From Delsarte System of Oratory by Various
Even the hatred of the grand old man had an element of unselfishness in its retroaction, of power in its persistency, and of greatness in its absolute contempt of compromise.
From Malcolm by MacDonald, George
Hitherto it had seemed to me clearly proven that admiring contemplation entailed this retroaction.
From Delsarte System of Oratory by Various
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