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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. reference to things past;
- Example: "the story begins with no introductory retrospections"

2. memory for experiences that are past;
- Example: "some psychologists tried to contrast retrospection and introspection"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Retrospection \Re`tro*spec"tion\, n.
   The act, or the faculty, of looking back on things past.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

retrospection
    n 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"