Palinode

[pælinәud]

Definition

(n.) An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode.

(n.) A retraction; esp., a formal retraction.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Recantation.

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Definition

n. a poem retracting a former one: a recantation.—adjs. Palinō′dial Palinod′ic.—n. Pal′inōdist a writer of palinodes.

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