n. 1. A poem in which the author retracts something said in a previous poem. 2. A formal statement of retraction. [From Late Latin palinōdia, from Greek palinōidiā : palin, again; see kwel-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + ōidē, song; see PARODY.] |
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