PALINODE Meaning of PALINODE in English [pal.in.ode] n [Gk palinoidia, fr. palin + aeidein to sing--more at ode] (1599) 1: an ode or song recanting or retracting something in an earlier poem 2: a formal retraction Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012