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Palinode

//ˈpælɪnəʊd// noun

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Noun

1
An ode or other poem in which the author retracts something said in an earlier poem; (loosely) a recantation.
"... Balmawhapple could not, by the code of honour, evite giving satisfaction to ... Edward by such a palinode as rendered the use of the sword unnecessary, and which, being made and accepted, must necessarily sopite the whole affair."

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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