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What is the noun for retrospection?

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retrospective
  1. an exhibition of works from an extended period of an artist's activity
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    1. “Concurrent with the artist's retrospective at MoMA, this exhibit marks the first showing of the abstract painter's largest work to date.”
      “One of our members is going to provide us with a historical retrospective of the issue to assist us in our consideration.”
retrospectiveness
  1. The quality or condition of being retrospective.
retrospect
  1. Consideration of past times.
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    1. “Suppose then that in our retrospect of life and in the estimation of our errors, we mark off all those misdoings for which our conscience duly charges us with direct responsibility.”
      “It is easy in retrospect to second-guess your decisions and wish you had made different choices.”
      “In retrospect, drinking industrial quantities of beer was maybe not the best thing to do while still convalescing.”
retrospection
  1. The deliberate recall of past events
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    1. “You might expect any dance organization celebrating its golden anniversary to indulge in a bit of retrospection.”
      “In our retrospection of the past year's work in music, we see much to commend and some things which we hope to further improve another year.”
      “Aren't these occasions meant to offer works that are new rather than opportunities for retrospection?”
retrospections
  1. plural of retrospection
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    1. “But by the time they came to embalm the nation thirty years later, each eliminated virtually any reference to its external record from their retrospections.”
      “But she finds great pleasure in such retrospections, great pleasure.”
      “Your retrospections must be so totally void of reproach, that the contentment arising from them is not of philosophy, but, what is much better, of innocence.”
retrospectives
  1. plural of retrospective
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    1. “Featured exhibits included landmark retrospectives of two major European photographers' works.”
      “In the retrospectives of most artists, it is the forms and the styles that keep changing.”
      “In fashion and music, cycles of revivals, retrospectives, and recombinations have emerged, defining styles with an eerie predictability.”
retrospects
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