Definitions
affecting things past
Word origin
First attested in 1610. From French rétroactif, equivalent to retro- + active.
Used in a sentence
“Rather, he hoped there was some legal trickeration he could deploy to get a retroactive water right filed and end-run the opposition.”
“Can such a child be ennobled by the passage of time, his struggles granted retroactive gravitas and his childish confusions rearticulated with adult clarity?”
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01“Applying to the past”11 letters
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