בְּדִיעֲבַד

ביטוי (אנגלית)

after it has been done/ after the event/ ex post facto

הגדרה (אנגלית)

After the deed. Once the thing has been done (literally from Aramaic, 'd'i avad', meaning 'if done, once done').

("After the fact, but not initially, this teaches us" – Sukkah 9b, and also: "The Sinai Campaign was not intended to be a preemptive war... However, after the event, it became a deterrent to Arab ambitions to strike at it" – Moshe Dayan / Sinai Campaign Diary)