palinode
[verb]
Synonyms: abjure, forswear, recall, recant, retract, take back, unsay, withdraw

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palinode noun. ['palɪnǝʊd] L16.
[(French palinode, palinodie from) Latin palinodia from Greek palinōdia, from palin again + ōdē song, ode.]
An ode in which the writer retracts a view or sentiment expressed in an earlier poem. Also gen., a recantation; spec. in Scots Law, a recantation in court of a defamatory statement.

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