From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishretrospectret‧ro‧spect /ˈretrəspekt/ noun →in retrospectExamples from the Corpusretrospect• So you won, Ragu, and in retrospect I think it was right that you did.• Popularfiction often becomes more important in retrospect.• There would seem in retrospect to have been two primary reasons.• It was never our intention to hurt anyone and it occurs to us in retrospect that the ad was insensitive.• Yet, in retrospect, Glamdovetailed exactly with developments in consumercapitalism.• In retrospect, dying of the disease itself would seem infinitely preferable to the agonies of death from mercurypoisoning.• In retrospect, he said, he did not realize how hard it would be to keep them happy.• In retrospect, they were spinningstraw into gold.Originretrospect(1600-1700)retro- + -spect (as in prospect)