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)

  1. An ode or other poem in which the author retracts something said in an earlier poem; (loosely) a recantation. [from 17th c.]
    • 1814, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since:
      ... 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.
    • 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.
    • 2008, William McCarthy, Anna Letitia Barbauld: Voice of the Enlightenment, Johns Hopkins University Press, published 2015, page 339:
      The close of Sins is as sober as the close of her Address to the Opposers was enthusiastic; it is almost a palinode.

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