retrospection

[ re-truh-spek-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the action, process, or faculty of looking back on things past.

  2. a survey of past events or experiences.

Origin of retrospection

1
First recorded in 1625–35; retrospect + -ion

Words Nearby retrospection

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How to use retrospection in a sentence

  • But far more exalted pleasures of memory and retrospection await the Christian in a future world.

  • In sober retrospection it was almost incredible that the thin khaki line had held against the overwhelming odds which faced it.

    The Canadian Dominion | Oscar D. Skelton
  • He persuaded his sisters, therefore, to walk out with him, to while away at once expectation and retrospection.

    Camilla | Fanny Burney

British Dictionary definitions for retrospection

retrospection

/ (ˌrɛtrəʊˈspɛkʃən) /


noun
  1. the act of recalling things past, esp in one's personal experience

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