palinode /ˈpælɪnəʊd/ noun1 •An ode or other poem in which the author retracts something said in an earlier poem; (loosely) a recantation.The more lighthearted palinodes were more successful, such as Geoff Horton's recantation of his youthful view that a martini should be shaken rather than stirred. — 2004 formspalinodes