Pāl'i-nōde, n.

n. [Fr. palinodie, Lat. palinodia, Gr. παλινῳδία, from πάλιν, again, and ᾠδή, a song. See ODE.] A song repeated a second time; a satirical song or poem retracting a former one; hence, a recantation, or declaration contrary to a former one.