look back
Review the past
Look back means to turn and see what's behind you, or figuratively, to recall the past: Looking back, I should have taken that job.
To never look back is to move forward without regret or hesitation: She left her hometown at eighteen and never looked back.
Recalled mental image
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- recallMemory retrieval act
- retrospectReflection on past events
remembrance · memoir · keepsake · memento · souvenir · album · childhood · ancestry
Consider something thoroughly
- ponderThink deeply about
- meditateQuiet mental focus
- museThink deeply about
- ruminateThink deeply and repeatedly
consider · deliberate · evaluate · review · assess · analyze · examine · weigh
Tender sadness for absence
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- sentimentalityExcessive tender emotion
- homesicknessLonging for one's dwelling
bittersweet · halcyon · golden · sepia · vintage · retro · old-fashioned · yesteryear
Guilt for wrongdoing
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- rueFeel deep remorse
- lamentMournful expression of grief
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
contrition · repentance · shame · self-reproach · compunction · atonement · amends · redemption
recollection
Recalled mental image
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- recallMemory retrieval act
retrospect · remembrance · memoir · keepsake · memento · souvenir · album · childhood · ancestry · heritage
contemplate
Consider something thoroughly
ruminate · consider · deliberate · evaluate · review · assess · analyze · examine · weigh · think over
wistfulness
Tender sadness for absence
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- sentimentalityExcessive tender emotion
homesickness · bittersweet · halcyon · golden · sepia · vintage · retro · old-fashioned · yesteryear · fond
remorse
Guilt for wrongdoing
sorrow · contrition · repentance · shame · self-reproach · compunction · atonement · amends · redemption · apology
- memoryremember, forget, recall, memorize, recollect
- baseball defenseshortstop, second baseman, first baseman, third baseman, catcher
- baseball tacticshit and run, double steal, pickoff, steal, sacrifice bunt
- turnsturn, rotate, spin, pivot, twist
- animal commandswhoa, gee, haw, mush, hike
look backlook ahead
Direct attention toward future
look forward · anticipate · plan ahead · forward-looking · look forward to
look backforget
Fail to recall
let go · move on · wipe the slate clean · start fresh · dismiss
look backmove on
Advance past something
let go · move forward · press on · forge ahead · push forward