Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A poem in which the author retracts something said in a previous poem.
  • noun A formal statement of retraction.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun 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.
  • noun Specifically, in Scots law, a solemn recantation demanded in addition to damages in actions for defamation.
  • To re-tract or take back (something previously said or written).
  • To recant.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode.
  • noun A retraction; esp., a formal retraction.

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  • noun A poem in which the author retracts something said in an earlier poem.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Late Latin palinōdia, from Greek palinōidiā : palin, again; see kwel- in Indo-European roots + ōidē, song; see parody.]

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From Latin palinōdia ("palinode, recantation"), from Ancient Greek παλινῳδία (palinōidia, "palinode"), from πάλιν (palin, "again") + ᾠδή (ōidē, "song").

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Examples

  • I think that this kind of palinode almost invariably ends up making the author look terrific.

    Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2009

  • He made a kind of palinode to the "trading justice" later, as other people of his kind have done.

    Adventures Among Books Andrew Lang 1878

  • Compare the following stanzas, from a kind of palinode, "1870-1871," years of the Franco-German war and the Parisian Commune: --

    Essays from 'The Guardian' Walter Pater 1866

  • As no writer has contributed so much as Mr. Walpole to depreciate the character of the Duke of Newcastle, this kind of palinode is not unimportant.

    The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3 Horace Walpole 1757

  • "Delia told me all that passed in her presence, and showed me Baker's palinode, which is rather the most extraordinary document that I ever saw.

    The Partisan Leader: A Novel... 1862

  • Kaspar Campèll, who in the first half of the sixteenth century preached the Reformed religion in the Engadine.] [Footnote 4: I have translated and printed at the end of the second volume some sonnets of Petrarch as a kind of palinode for this impertinence.] [Footnote 5: This begs the question whether [Greek: leukoion] does not properly mean snowflake, or some such flower.

    Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series John Addington Symonds 1866

  • Kaspar Campèll, who in the first half of the sixteenth century preached the Reformed religion in the Engadine.] [Footnote 4: I have translated and printed at the end of the second volume some sonnets of Petrarch as a kind of palinode for this impertinence.] [Footnote 5: This begs the question whether [Greek: leukoion] does not properly mean snowflake, or some such flower.

    Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866

  • We never get time alone, either and it ` s very, very depressing. palinode Said,

    The Amazing Survivor Race Challenge: Parenting Edition | Her Bad Mother 2009

  • LOL @ palinode! the mombshell´s last blog. .reality check

    Last Time I Checked, Babies Were People Too - Her Bad Mother 2010

  • Beautifully, beautifully put. palinode on August 04, 2009

    And It Was Good 2009

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

    July 19, 2007

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

    October 13, 2008

  • is it similar to a sarah nade?

    October 13, 2008

  • "He hangs his distinctive coat on a peg and says, "I have found a wonderful subject for you: Stesichorus's palinode ..." Yes, I can still see Mr. Bailly very clearly."

    Climates by André Maurois, translated by Adriana Hunter, p 11 of the Other Press paperback edition

    July 23, 2013

  • He bleated betimes in the Palin fold

    And authored an odious Palin ode.

    In sheepish remorse

    He reverses his course

    By penning a penitent palinode.

    January 28, 2015

  • Odious odes? Whassaworldcomingto?

    January 30, 2015

  • Some things just need to be said.

    January 30, 2015