About The Word Retroactive

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Retroactive

Retroactive Meaning & Definition
Retroactive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Retroactive?

[adj] affecting things past; "retroactive tax increase"; "an ex-post-facto law"; "retro pay"
[adj] (psychology) descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously

Synonyms | Synonyms for Retroactive: ex post facto | retro | retrospective

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Retroactive In Webster's Dictionary

\Re`tro*act"ive\, a. [Cf. F. r['e]troactif.] 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.

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