Crossword clues for palinode
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Palinode \Pal"i*node\, n. [L. palinodia, from Gr. ?; pa`lin again + ? a song. See Ode.]
An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode.
A retraction; esp., a formal retraction.
--Sandys.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, from Middle French palinod (16c.) or directly from Latin palinodia, from Greek palinoidia "poetic retraction," from palin "again, back" (see palindrome) + oide "song" (see ode). Related: Palinodic.
Wiktionary
n. A poem in which the author retracts something said in an earlier poem.
Wikipedia
A palinode or palinody is an ode in which the writer retracts a view or sentiment expressed in an earlier poem. The first recorded use of a palinode is in a poem by Stesichorus in the 7th century BC, in which he retracts his earlier statement that the Trojan War was all the fault of Helen.
An important example of a palinode is that of Socrates in the Phaedrus in which his first major speech disparages the "mania" of Eros and its part in human affairs, while his second one (commonly known as the palinode of Socrates) praises Eros. As he says, "love was not sent from the Gods for the utility of the lover and his beloved. But, on the contrary, it must now be shown by us that a mania of this kind was sent by the Gods, for the purpose of producing the greatest felicity."
The word comes from the Greek παλινῳδία from πάλιν (palin, meaning 'back') and ᾠδή ("song"); the Latin-derived equivalent " recantation" is an exact calque (re- meaning 'again' and cant- meaning 'sing').
It can also be a recantation of a defamatory statement in Scots Law.
Usage examples of "palinode".
Miss Palinode gave him a fine comprehensive lecture on the ethics of true politeness, and half-a-crown.
The interesting thing is that he swears that Miss Palinode likes the money.
Governor if you are working for the same one and this reaches you, to give us a bit of a hand in this Palinode kickup which you will have read of in the papers.
Old lady called Ruth Palinode murdered, buried, no questions asked, doc to blame.
Her own place got bombed, so she moved over with some of her old boarders and took the Palinode family in her stride.
When old Joey and Pantaloon Bowels dug up Miss Ruth Palinode and we all stood round in the cold waiting for Sir Doberman to get his damned jars loaded I must say I started thinking about Pa Wilde.
Edward Palinode, age sixty-seven at the time of his decease which was last March.
Lawrence Palinode, Miss Evadne Palinode, and the baby, Miss Jessica Palinode.
Campion as he stumbled up the unfamiliar staircase that Miss Evadne Palinode, even when considered as a possible poisoner, went in for a strange assortment of evening beverages.
It occurred to him that the Palinode family did little that was not deliberate.
You know the younger Miss Palinode, Miss Jessica, the gal from the park?
He was Dickensian in costume, doubtless by design, but could not help explaining the grudging deference with which he treated Miss Palinode by mentioning that he remembered her father.
Flood, got written off just before Edward Palinode burst and went down in flames.
After the bone-snatchers had gone, I went over the road to the Palinode house.
I only saw one thing which was really curious when Miss Ruth Palinode died.