What does retrospect mean?
Retrospect means Consideration of past times..
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/ˈɹɛtɹəˌspɛkt/ · noun
Consideration of past times..
My mind, calmer and stronger now than last night, made for itself some imperious rules, prohibiting under deadly penalties all weak retrospect of happiness past; commanding a patient journeying through the wilderness of the present...
Whether, like Colin, in retrospect Willie Lee and Baptist would feel that what has vanished was greater than what was achieved, is not something we can predict.
To give a correct idea of the circumstances which have gradually produced this conviction, it may be useful to retrospect to an early period.
Use retrospect when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Retrospect means Consideration of past times..
Common synonyms include review, look back.
Possible antonyms include prospect.
My mind, calmer and stronger now than last night, made for itself some imperious rules, prohibiting under deadly penalties all weak retrospect of happiness past; commanding a patient journeying through the wilderness of the present...
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