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palinode (s) (noun), palinodes (pl)
1. A poem in which the author retracts something said in a former poem; hence generally a recantation.
2. A formal statement declaring a retraction of what was said previously.
3. Etymology: from Latin palinodiaand from Greek palinoidia; from palin, "again" + oide, "song".
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