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palinode, n.|ˈpælɪnəʊd|
Also 7 palinod.
[ad. L. palinōdia: see palinody; or a. obs. F. palinod (16th c. in Littré).]
orig. An ode or song in which the author retracts something said in a former poem; hence gen. a recantation; spec. in Sc. Law (see quot. 1861).
1599B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. v. iii, You, two and two, singing a Palinode, March to your several homes. 1600(title) The Palinod [ed. 1604 or recantation] of Iohn Colvill, wherein he doth penitently recant his former proud offences. 1636G. Sandys Par. Div. Poems, Job (1648) 62, I..there⁓fore in this weeping Palinod Abhorre my selfe, that have displeas'd my God. 1814Scott Wav. xiv, That Balmawhapple [had given satisfaction] by such a palinode as rendered the use of the sword unnecessary. 1861W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. s.v., In actions for damages on account of slander or defamation raised in the Commissary Court.., it was formerly the practice to conclude not only for damages, expenses, and a fine, but also for a judicial recantation or palinode by the defender. 1898R. L. Stevenson St. Ives xiii, I..abounded in palinodes and apologies.
Hence ˈpalinode v. [cf. Gr. παλινῳδεῖν to recant], to recant, retract (intr. and trans.).
1886Tupper My Life as Author 364, I have seen fit more than once to ‘palinode’. 1892Sat. Rev. 2 Apr. 392/1 The first stanza..being most ingeniously palinoded by the second. |