palinode

[ pal-uh-nohd ]

/ ˈpæl əˌnoʊd /

a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.

a recantation.

Origin of palinode

1590–1600; < Late Latin palinōdia < Greek palinōidía a singing again, especially a recanting, equivalent to pálin again, back + ōid(ḗ) ode + -ia -ia

pal·i·nod·ist, noun

This criticism of the "Gate of Paradise" sounds even to the writer of it profane, and demands a palinode.

Renaissance in Italy Vol. 3 |John Addington Symonds
Palinode, in Scotch libel cases a formal recantation exacted in addition to damages.

St. Ronan's Well |Sir Walter Scott
It gives no reasons; it merely cites me, not to be heard, but simply to sing a palinode.

History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Vol 2 |J. H. Merle D'Aubign
He made a kind of palinode to the “trading justice” later, as other people of his kind have done.

Adventures among Books |Andrew Lang

The Senate has revoked that bill; has retracted, recanted, and sung its palinode over that unfortunate conception.

Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2) |Thomas Hart Benton

palinode

/ (ˈpælɪˌnəʊd) /

a poem in which the poet recants something he has said in a former poem

rare a recantation

C16: from Latin palinōdia repetition of a song, from Greek, from palin again + ōidē song, ode