Retroactive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Influencing or applying to a period prior to enactment: a retroactive pay increase.
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  • adj. Extending in scope, effect, application or influence to a prior time or to prior conditions
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Retroacting; having a reversed or retrospective action; operative with respect to past circumstances; holding good for preceding cases.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously
  • adj. affecting things past
    • Equivalent
    retrospective    retroactive statute   
    Cross Reference
    statute    retrospective    ex post facto   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    retrospective    regressive    ex post facto   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    active    attractive    hyperactive    inactive    interactive   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    theurgic    antitumour    telco    statutory    long-overdue   
     
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