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ret·ro·ac·tion

 (rĕt′rō-ăk′shən)
n.
1. Application of a subsequent rule or condition to something that occurred at a previous time.
2. An opposing or reciprocal action; a reaction.

ret′ro·act′ v.
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retroact

(ˈrɛtrəʊˌækt)
vb (intr)
1. to act in opposition
2. to influence or have reference to past events
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ret•ro•act

(ˈrɛ troʊˌækt)

v.i.
1. to act in opposition; react.
2. to have reference to or influence on past occurrences.
[1785–1795]
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retroact


Past participle: retroacted
Gerund: retroacting

Imperative
retroact
retroact
Present
I retroact
you retroact
he/she/it retroacts
we retroact
you retroact
they retroact
Preterite
I retroacted
you retroacted
he/she/it retroacted
we retroacted
you retroacted
they retroacted
Present Continuous
I am retroacting
you are retroacting
he/she/it is retroacting
we are retroacting
you are retroacting
they are retroacting
Present Perfect
I have retroacted
you have retroacted
he/she/it has retroacted
we have retroacted
you have retroacted
they have retroacted
Past Continuous
I was retroacting
you were retroacting
he/she/it was retroacting
we were retroacting
you were retroacting
they were retroacting
Past Perfect
I had retroacted
you had retroacted
he/she/it had retroacted
we had retroacted
you had retroacted
they had retroacted
Future
I will retroact
you will retroact
he/she/it will retroact
we will retroact
you will retroact
they will retroact
Future Perfect
I will have retroacted
you will have retroacted
he/she/it will have retroacted
we will have retroacted
you will have retroacted
they will have retroacted
Future Continuous
I will be retroacting
you will be retroacting
he/she/it will be retroacting
we will be retroacting
you will be retroacting
they will be retroacting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been retroacting
you have been retroacting
he/she/it has been retroacting
we have been retroacting
you have been retroacting
they have been retroacting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been retroacting
you will have been retroacting
he/she/it will have been retroacting
we will have been retroacting
you will have been retroacting
they will have been retroacting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been retroacting
you had been retroacting
he/she/it had been retroacting
we had been retroacting
you had been retroacting
they had been retroacting
Conditional
I would retroact
you would retroact
he/she/it would retroact
we would retroact
you would retroact
they would retroact
Past Conditional
I would have retroacted
you would have retroacted
he/she/it would have retroacted
we would have retroacted
you would have retroacted
they would have retroacted
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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The SC similarly rendered that the power purchase cost after compliance with the CSP "shall retroact to the date of the effectivity of the PSA, but in no case earlier than 30 June 2015, for purposes of passing the purchase cost to the consumers."
In the same ruling, the SC ordered that the power purchase cost after compliance with the CSP shall retroact to the date of the effectivity of the PSA, 'but in no case earlier than June 30, 2015, for purposes of passing the purchase cost to the consumers.'
" The SC also ruled that the power purchase cost "after compliance with the CSP shall retroact to the date of effectivity of the PSA, but in no case earlier than 30 June 2015, for purposes of passing the purchase cost to the consumers." In May, the ERC said that over 90 PSAs were hit by the CSP directive, including seven contracts of Meralco with over 3,500 megawatts in capacity.
Lacson claimed Aquino issued import permits for CLTI that has a validity that could 'retroact from the time of the arrival of the shipment.'
But the legislative action cannot be made to retroact upon past controversies, and to reverse decisions which the courts, in the exercise of their undoubted authority, have made; for this would not only be the exercise of judicial power, but it would be its exercise in the most objectionable and offensive form, since the legislature would in effect sit as a court of review to which parties might appeal when dissatisfied with the rulings of the courts."