Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Palinode

Palinode , noun

[Latin palinodia, from Greek {not transcribed}; pa`lin again + {not transcribed} a song. See Ode.]

1.
An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode.
2.
A retraction; esp., a formal retraction. — Sandys