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Retrospective

Looking backward; contemplating things past; -- opposed to prospective; as, a retrospective view.

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Ex post facto 84% connected

Alt. of Ex postfacto

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Ex post facto 84% connected

Alt. of Ex postfacto

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Retroactive 84% connected

Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective.

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Retroactive 84% connected

Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective.

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Prospective 94% connected

Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective.

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Prospective 94% connected

Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective.

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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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Bopeep noun · 78% connection

The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out and dr…

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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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Due Diligence noun · 78% connection

A comprehensive appraisal of a business by a prospective buyer.

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Future adjective · 78% connection

The possibilities of the future; -- used especially of prospective success or advancement; as, he had great future before him.

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Genetic counseling noun · 78% connection

guidance for prospective parents on the likelihood of genetic disorders in their future children

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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…

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Infralapsarian noun · 78% connection

One of that class of Calvinists who consider the decree of election as contemplating the apostasy as past and the elect as being at th…

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Jointure noun · 78% connection

(law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower

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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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Legal jointure noun · 78% connection

(law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower

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Light noun · 78% connection

Appearance due to the particular facts and circumstances presented to view; point of view; as, to state things fairly and put them in…

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Looking adjective · 78% connection

Having a certain look or appearance; -- often compounded with adjectives; as, good-looking, grand-looking, etc.

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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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