
1) Formal retraction 2) French word used in English 3) Poetic form
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1) Ode
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A palinode or palinody is an ode in which the writer retracts a view or sentiment expressed in an earlier poem. The first recorded use of a palinode is in a poem by Stesichorus in the 7th century BC, in which he retracts his earlier statement that the Trojan War was all the fault of Helen. {Fact|date=April 2009} The word comes from the Greek πα
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poem in which earlier thoughts or feelings are retracted
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an ode or song that retracts what the poet wrote in a previous poem; a recantation.
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• (n.) A retraction; esp., a formal retraction. • (n.) An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode.
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An ode or song that retracts what the poet wrote in a previous poem
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Pal'i·node noun [ Latin
palinodia , from Greek ...; ... again + ... a song. See
Ode .]
1. An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode.
2. A retraction; esp., a formal retraction.
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Poem which retracts a statement made in a previous poem.
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palinode An ode or song in which the author retracts something said in a former poem; hence generally a recantation.
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