Retroactively

adverb

/ˌɹɛtɹoʊˈæktɪvli/

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.adverbDone after the fact; applying to events that have previously transpired.

"The new legislature passed a resolution retroactively legalizing the actions of the revolutionaries that brought them to power."

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