单词 | palinode |
释义 | palinoden. Originally: an ode or song in which the author retracts a view or sentiment expressed in a former poem. Later also (more generally): a recantation, retraction, or withdrawal of a statement; (Scots Law) a formal retraction of a defamatory statement demanded from a defender in a libel action (now historical). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > recantation or retraction > instance of recantation?1544 palinody1583 palinodia1590 palinode1600 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > ode > other types of ode genethliacon1566 palinody1583 New Year ode1588 triumphal1589 palinode1600 monody1623 Pindaric1667 genethliac1687 Olympionica1749 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > claim at law > [noun] > recantation in cases of slander palinode1861 1600 E. B. in Englands Helicon sig. B4v (title of poem) A palinode. 1600 (title) The Palinod [1604 or recantation] of Iohn Colvill, wherein he doth penitently recant his former proud offences. 1636 G. Sandys Paraphr. Div. Poems: Job (1648) 62 I..therefore in this weeping Palinod Abhorre my selfe, that have displeas'd my God. 1692 C. Gildon Post-boy rob'd of his Mail I. cix. 301 The Occasion, which having render'd thy Sex abominable to me, has enforc'd me to proclaim a Palinode of Reproaches. 1754 Session Papers in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. (at cited word) As to the palinode he was willing to enact himself to obtemper the decreet as to it. 1773 J. Erskine Institute iv. iv. §81 (c) It is not usual to combine civil and penal conclusions or to ask for a palinode. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xiv. 198 That Balmawhapple..[had given satisfaction] by such a palinode as rendered the use of the sword unnecessary. View more context for this quotation 1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) (at cited word) 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. a1894 R. L. Stevenson St. Ives (1898) xiii I..abounded in palinodes and apologies. 1929 A. T. Quiller-Couch Poems 35 One look back, and a rousing chorus! Never a palinode! 1973 N.Y. Times 18 Nov. 1/1 The celebrants of Presidential power..have busily if rather quietly gone to work on their palinodes..amending here, canceling there. 1999 Canad. Forum Sept. 41/3 The legendary blinding of Stesichoros by Helen, the whore of Troy, a blinding the poet apparently reversed by writing a palinode or disavowal (Helen was never at Troy). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † palinodev. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To retract, recant, withdraw a statement. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > recant or retract revoke1395 renayc1450 reclaima1475 faggot1538 recant1542 recry1568 to eat one's words1571 recall1585 unsay1585 retract1644 palinode1847 1847 J. Campbell Lives Lord Chancellors VII. ccxiii. 651 Lord Hardwicke palinoded more briefly, and perhaps more gracefully. 1886 M. F. Tupper My Life as Author 364 I have seen fit more than once to ‘palinode’. 2. transitive. To retract or withdraw (a statement, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > recant or retract to call againc1390 repealc1390 revokec1390 replyc1425 renounce1446 renayc1450 unsay1483 manswear1502 to let loose1530 to call back1533 recant1534 retract1538 unswear1591 unwish1591 swallow1597 to take back1599 retractate1600 reclaim1615 unspeak1615 recede1655 renege1679 unnotify1738 unpronounce1745 withdraw1793 palinode1892 1892 Sat. Rev. 2 Apr. 392/1 The first stanza..being most ingeniously palinoded by the second. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1600v.1847 |
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