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Definition of: palinode
(pal′i·nōd) noun
1. A poem retracting the matter of an earlier poem; metrical recantation.
2. Hence, any retraction or recantation. [<MF palinod <LL palinodia <Gk. palinōidia <palin again + ōidē a song]
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