palinode

noun

a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.

a recantation.

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

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pal·i·nod·ist, noun

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palinode (ˈpælɪˌnəʊd)

—n
1.	a poem in which the poet recants something he has said in a former poem
2.	rare a recantation

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

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palinode

1599, from M.Fr. palinod (16c.), from L. palinodia, from Gk. palinoidia "poetic retraction," from palin "again, back" (see palindrome) + oide "song."

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