retrospect

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

RET'ROSPECT, noun [Latin retro, back, and specio, to look.] A looking back on things past; view or contemplation of something past. The retrospect of a life well spent affords peace of mind in old age.
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