Definition of "palinode" in English

noun

1. An ode or other poem in which the author retracts something said in an earlier poem; (loosely) a recantation.

   • 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.