retrospection

nouns

reference to things past
"the story begins with no introductory retrospections"
retrospection
is derived from
retrospect
is a type of (narrower)
a remark that calls attention to something or someone
"she made frequent mention of her promotion"; "there was no mention of it"; "the speaker made several references to his wife"
mention, reference
memory for experiences that are past
"some psychologists tried to contrast retrospection and introspection"
retrospection
is derived from
retrospect
is a type of (narrower)
the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
"he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed remembering his father"
memory, remembering