palinode

[ pal-uh-nohd ]
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noun
  1. a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.

  2. a recantation.

Origin of palinode

1
1590–1600; <Late Latin palinōdia<Greek palinōidía a singing again, especially a recanting, equivalent to pálin again, back + ōid() ode + -ia-ia

Other words from palinode

  • pal·i·nod·ist, noun

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palinode

/ (ˈpælɪˌnəʊd) /


noun
  1. a poem in which the poet recants something he has said in a former poem

  2. rare a recantation

Origin of palinode

1
C16: from Latin palinōdia repetition of a song, from Greek, from palin again + ōidē song, ode

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