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Retrospect

To look backward; hence, to affect or concern what is past.

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Contemplation 76% connected

The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study.

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Musing 76% connected

of Muse

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Reflection 76% connected

The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected.

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Reflexion 76% connected

See Reflection.

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Remember 76% connected

To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind ag…

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Rumination 76% connected

The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud.

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Review 74% connected

To view or see again; to look back on.

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Review 74% connected

To view or see again; to look back on.

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Review 92% connected

To view or see again; to look back on.

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Aversely adverb · 78% connection

Backward; in a backward direction; as, emitted aversely.

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Backing noun · 78% connection

The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward.

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Behind adverb · 78% connection

Backward in time or order of succession; past.

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By adverb · 78% connection

Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by.

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Bygone noun · 78% connection

Something gone by or past; a past event.

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Espy verb · 78% connection

To look or search narrowly; to look about; to watch; to take notice; to spy.

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Expect verb · 78% connection

To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehe…

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Gaze noun · 78% connection

A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.

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Historic adjective · 78% connection

belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past; "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historic…

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Historical adjective · 78% connection

belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past; "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historic…

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Indemnity noun · 78% connection

Security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the punishment of past offenses; amnest…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: look, backward, hence, affect, concern.
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Interest noun · 78% connection

To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally.

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Lapse verb · 78% connection

To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figura…

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Leer verb · 78% connection

To look with a leer; to look askance with a suggestive expression, as of hatred, contempt, lust, etc. ; to cast a sidelong lustful or…

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Look noun · 78% connection

Hence; Appearance; aspect; as, the house has a gloomy look; the affair has a bad look.

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Modern adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern da…

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Parusia noun · 78% connection

A figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead of the past or the future, as in the animated narration of past, or in t…

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Passee adjective · 78% connection

Past; gone by; hence, past one's prime; worn; faded; as, a passee belle.

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