retrospect
RET-ruh-spektnounMeaning a look back at things that have already happened
Memory hook RETRO SPECS: glasses that look back. Grandpa Gus puts on his old-fashioned specs and pages through photos from fifty years ago. Looking back like that is retrospect.
In retrospect, packing three sweaters for a beach trip was silly.
In context At the time, the move to a new town felt like a disaster; in retrospect, it was the best thing that ever happened to the family, since it brought them good friends and a better school.
Similar hindsight, looking back, review, remembrance
Opposite foresight, prospect
From Latin retrospicere, “to look back”: retro (back) + specere (to look).