Associations to the word «Retrospection»

Wiktionary

RETROSPECTION, noun. The deliberate recall of past events

Dictionary definition

RETROSPECTION, noun. Reference to things past; "the story begins with no introductory retrospections".
RETROSPECTION, noun. Memory for experiences that are past; "some psychologists tried to contrast retrospection and introspection".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats