Both Uses of
retrospect
in
The Remains of the Day
- The conference of 1923 was the culmination of long planning on the part of Lord Darlington; indeed, in retrospect, one can see clearly how his lordship had been moving towards this point from some three years or so before.†
Chpt 2m - *retrospect = to review with hindsight
- In any case, while it is all very well to talk of 'turning points', one can surely only recognize such moments in retrospect.†
Chpt 3e -
Definition:
to review with hindsight (with the understanding that comes after seeing how things turned out)