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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PAL'INODE
PAL'INODY, n. [Gr. again, and a song.] A recantation, or declaration contrary to a former one.

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Greek palin?idia, from palin + aeidein to sing — more at ode Date: 1579 1. an ode or song recanting or retracting something in an earlier poem 2. a formal retraction

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a poem in which the writer retracts a view or sentiment expressed in a former poem. 2 a recantation. Etymology: F palinode or LL palinodia f. Gk palinoidia f. palin again + oide song

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Poetical recantation.

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