palinode

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French palinod, from Latin palinōdia (“palinode, recantation”), from Ancient Greek παλινῳδία (palinōidía, “palinode”), from πάλιν (pálin, “again”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpælɪnəʊd/ === Noun === palinode (plural palinodes) An ode or other poem in which the author retracts something said in an earlier poem; (loosely) a recantation. [from 17th c.] 2004, Jaspitos, "I Take It Back", in The Spectator (London, UK); Jan 24, 2004. The more lighthearted palinodes were more successful, such as Geoff Horton's recantation of his youthful view that a martini should be shaken rather than stirred. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====