Definition of "retrospect" []

A review, survey, or contemplation of things in the past. (noun)
To contemplate the past. (verb-intransitive)
To refer back. (verb-intransitive)
To look back on or contemplate (things past). (verb-transitive)
In retrospect Looking backward or reviewing the past. (idiom)

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Use "retrospect" in a sentence

"Only in retrospect is he a 'predictable' threat - there are millions of similar people and they are harmless."
"The amazing thing in retrospect is that he and all his siblings survived their maternity ward moments given that they must've been born like little lambs in a field for that price."
"Mr. BIANCULLI: Everything that he did, I think, in retrospect, is so incredibly noble, but you know, it was against the mainstream then."

Words like "retrospect"

consideration contemplation in retrospect look

musing prospect reflection reflexion

remember retrospects reverie revert

rumination think back thoughtfulness view