retrospection meaning

• Noun: retrospection  `retru'spekshun
  1. Reference to things past
     "the story begins with no introductory retrospections" 
  2. Memory for experiences that are past
     "some psychologists tried to contrast retrospection and introspection"

  Derived forms: retrospections

  See also: retrospect

  Type of: memory, mention, reference, remembering

Examples

1. his mood inclined to melancholy and retrospection.
2. the european perspective on china : a historical retrospection
3. us foreign policy retrospection and its impact
4. a retrospection and prediction of the li'er research
5. rational retrospection on the customers'complaint