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palinode

palinode


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Palinode  \Pal"i*node\,  n.  [L.  palinodia,  from  Gr  ?;  ?  again  +  ? 
  a  song.  See  {Ode}.] 
  1.  An  ode  recanting,  or  retracting,  a  former  one  also  a 
  repetition  of  an  ode. 
 
  2.  A  retraction;  esp.,  a  formal  retraction.  --Sandys.