<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Directed to the past; contemplative of past situations, events, etc.</li><li>Looking or directed backward.</li><li>Retroactive, as a statute.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>An art exhibit showing an entire phase or representative examples of an artist's lifework.</li><li>Any exhibition or series of showings or performances, as of musical works or motion pictures, representing the work of an artist or performer over all or a major part of a career: a retrospective of John Ford's movies.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>