retribution
Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.

retributions
plural of retribution

retributiveness
The quality of being retributive.

retributivism
A philosophy of law, stating that criminals should be punished (retribution) for the harm they have caused.

retrievability
The quality of being retrievable.

retrievableness
retrievability

retrieval
The act of retrieving or something retrieved.
The operation of accessing data, either from memory or from a storage device.
The cognitive process of bringing stored information into consciousness.

retrievals
plural of retrieval

retrievement
retrieval

retrievements
plural of retrievement

retriment
refuse; dregs

retriments
plural of retriment

retroaction
Any action that has an influence due to a past event
An opposing action; a reaction

retroactions
plural of retroaction

retroactiveness
The state or condition of being retroactive.

retroactivities
plural of retroactivity

retroactivity
The state or characteristic of being retroactive.
The application of a law to events that took place before it was made.

retroaddition
A cycloelimination.

retroadditions
plural of retroaddition

retroaldolization
The reverse of an aldolization reaction

retroaldolizations
plural of retroaldolization

retroanalysis
retrospective analysis

retroauricle
A posterior auricle

retrocalculation
The action or process of calculating retrospectively.

retrocalculations
plural of retrocalculation

retrocedence
recession, regression, retrogression

retrocedences
plural of retrocedence

retrocession
The transfer of risk from one reinsurer to another.
The return of land, rights, etc. previously ceded.
Metastasis of an eruption or tumour from the surface to the interior of the body.
The act of retroceding; a going back.

retrocessions
plural of retrocession

retrochalcone
Any of a group of phenolic chalconoids

retrochalcones
plural of retrochalcone

retrocognition
extrasensory knowledge of past events.

retrocognitions
plural of retrocognition

retrocompetence
The condition of being retrocompetent.

retroconversion
conversion back to a previous (typically an original) form

retroconversions
plural of retroconversion

retrocopulation
Copulation from behind.

retrocurvature
backward curvature

retrocycloaddition
cycloelimination

retrocycloadditions
plural of retrocycloaddition

retrodeformation
A process that produces the original form of a deformed object (or, more often, its image)

retrodeformations
plural of retrodeformation

retrodiction
A form of "prediction" that deals with the past rather than the future, sometimes useful in testing theories whose actual predictions are too long-term to be of immediate use.

retrodictions
plural of retrodiction

retrodigitization
The conversion into digital format of a work designed and published in an earlier era.

retrodimerization
Any reaction in which a dimer is converted to the original monomers
Misspelling of heterodimerization.

retrodimerizations
plural of retrodimerization

retrodismutation
The reverse of a dismutation reaction

retrodocumentation
Documentation or writing considered historical, archaic, old-fashioned, or older in comparison to contemporary documentation or writing.

retroduction
A leading or bringing back.
Synonym of abduction.
A system of research or problem-solving based on abduction; A dialectic method of working from existing information to achieve a theory or from a desired outcome to achieve a design.

retroductions
plural of retroduction

retroduplication
The reverse transcription of a gene from mRNA into a complementary DNA copy

retroduplications
plural of retroduplication

retroelement
A retrotransposon.

retroelements
plural of retroelement

retrofamilies
plural of retrofamily

retrofamily
A group of related retroviruses

retrofitment
The fitment or fitting of something retrospectively.

retroflection
The condition of being bent backwards.

retroflections
plural of retroflection

retroflexion
The act of retroflexing; the state of being retroflexed.

retroflexions
plural of retroflexion

retrofuturism
The revival of historical conceptions of the future in media and design.

retrognathism
The quality of being retrognathic.

retrogradeness
The quality of being retrograde.

retrogradism
Support for retrogression.

retrography
The art of writing backwards.

retrogration
retrogradation

retrogrations
plural of retrogration

retrogressionism
Support for retrogression.

retrogressiveness
retrogression

retrogressivity
retrogression

retroleptomonads
plural of retroleptomonad

retromania
enthusiasm for retro styles

retromicrognathia
A combination of micrognathia and retrognathia

retromigration
Migration back again; migration in the opposite direction.

retromingency
The characteristic of urinating backwards, present in certain animals.

retromobility
The condition of being retromobile

retromoderation
The process of retromoderating.

retromutation
A mutation to a previous (typically an original) form.

retromutations
plural of retromutation

retron
A sequence of DNA associated with reverse transcription

retronostalgia
Alternative form of retro-nostalgia.

retrons
plural of retron

retronymy
The process of creating retronyms; coining new words for existing concepts because the meaning of the original word has broadened.

retropackage
A cluster of retrorockets.

retropackages
plural of retropackage

retroparticle
A particle composed of retroviruses

retroparticles
plural of retroparticle

retropay
Retroactive pay, extra pay (like for unpaid or underpaid work during a previous pay period).

retropayment
Retroactive payment.

retropayments
plural of retropayment

retropepsin
Any of a group of retroviral proteases

retropepsins
plural of retropepsin

retrophilia
The attraction to and preference for that which is from or characteristic of the past.

retropicalization
A second or subsequent tropicalization

retropneumoperitoneum
Synonym of pneumoretroperitoneum.

retroposon
A fragment of DNA inserted into a chromosome following reverse transcription from RNA.

retroposons
plural of retroposon

retroprojection
back projection

retropropulsion
Backward propulsion, especially the use of rockets to brake or change direction.
Alternative form of retropulsion (“abnormal tendency to step backwards”).
Alternative form of retropulsion (“forcing something to move backwards or inwards”).

retropropulsions
plural of retropropulsion

retropulsing
Alternative form of retropulsion.

retropulsion
A tendency to step or walk backwards involuntarily, especially as a symptom of parkinsonism.
The pushing or forcing of something to move backwards or inwards.
Transfer of a disease from an external source to an internal organ.

retropulsions
plural of retropulsion

retroreflectance
Synonym of retroreflection.

retroreflection
reflection in which the reflected rays are parallel to the incident rays

retroreflections
plural of retroreflection

retroreflectivity
The quality of being retroreflective.

retroreflectorization
The process of furnishing something with retroreflectors.

retroregulation
regulation of mRNA translation by a sequence that is downstream

retroregulations
plural of retroregulation

retroscripting
The technique of preparing a plot but leaving the actors to improvise their own dialogue.

retrosequence
A sequence of DNA produced by reverse transcription

retrosequences
plural of retrosequence

retrosexism
The modern portrayal of traditional sexism, in film etc.

retrospection
The deliberate recall of past events

retrospections
plural of retrospection

retrospectiveness
The quality or condition of being retrospective.

retrospectivity
The effect of being retrospective or retroactive.