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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A poem in which the author retracts something said in a previous poem.
  2. n. A formal statement of retraction.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A poetical recantation, or declaration contrary to a former one; a poem in which a poet retracts the invectives contained in a former satire; hence, a recantation in general.
  2. n. Specifically, in Scots law, a solemn recantation demanded in addition to damages in actions for defamation.
  3. To re-tract or take back (something previously said or written).
  4. To recant.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A poem in which the author retracts something said in an earlier poem.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode.
  2. n. A retraction; esp., a formal retraction.

Etymologies

  1. From Latin palinōdia ("palinode, recantation"), from Ancient Greek παλινῳδία (palinōidia, "palinode"), from πάλιν (palin, "again") + ᾠδή (ōidē, "song"). (Wiktionary)
  2. From Late Latin palinōdia, from Greek palinōidiā : palin, again; + ōidē, song; see parody. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • fbharjo is it similar to a sarah nade? Oct 13, 2008

  • fbharjo What is a palin ode? hearing the same script over and over again??!! same old song? Is a retraction or a reaction? Oct 13, 2008

  • plumpesdenken "Esther Waters, often considered Moore's finest work and a return of naturalism, is in fact a naturalist palinode." Joe Cleary p. 96 Jul 18, 2007

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