Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Retroactive \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.
[1913 Webster]
{Retroactive law} or {Retroactive 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.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retroactive
adj 1: descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has
an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process
that occurred previously [ant: {proactive}]
2: affecting things past; "retroactive tax increase"; "an ex-
post-facto law"; "retro pay" [syn: {ex post facto},
{retroactive}, {retro}]
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