palinode
Meanings
noun
- An ode or other poem in which the author retracts something said in an earlier poem; (loosely) a recantation.
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Etymology
From Middle French palinod, from Latin palinōdia (“palinode, recantation”), from Ancient Greek παλινῳδία (palinōidía, “palinode”), from πάλιν (pálin, “again”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).
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