Associations to the word «Retroactive»

Wiktionary

RETROACTIVE, adjective. Extending in scope, effect, application or influence to a prior time or to prior conditions
RETROACTIVE LAW, noun. (legal) Any law that makes a prior legal act illegal, or increases the penalty for a prior illegal act.

Dictionary definition

RETROACTIVE, adjective. Descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously.
RETROACTIVE, adjective. Affecting things past; "retroactive tax increase"; "an ex-post-facto law"; "retro pay".

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras