Thesaurus: retroactive

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1. a. Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective.
2. 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
3. adj. affecting things past
4. Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective. Beddoes. Retroactive law or statute (Law), one which operates to make criminal or punishable, or in any way expressly to affect, acts done prior to the passing of the law.
5. Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action;affecting what is past; retrospective. Beddoes. Retroactive law orstatute (Law), one which operates to make criminal or punishable, orin any way expressly to affect, acts done prior to the passing of thelaw.
6. j:100 a. descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously