English-German translations for retroactively

• rückwirkend
  Die Richtlinie gilt nicht rückwirkend. The directive does not apply retroactively.
  Einige Entscheidungen werden sogar rückwirkend angewendet. Some decisions will even be applied retroactively.
  Wir können das Lebensmittelrecht jedoch nicht rückwirkend anwenden und bis zum Jahr 1992 zurückgehen. However, we cannot apply the food law retroactively and go back as far as 1992.

Definition of retroactively

• Done after the fact; applying to events that have previously transpired

Examples

• The new legislature passed a resolution retroactively legalizing the actions of the revolutionaries that brought them to power.

Related words

• retroactive
• retroactivity
• be retroactive