— palinodist , n.
/pal"euh nohd'/ , n.
1. a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.
2. a recantation.
[ 1590-1600; palinodia palinoidía a singing again, especially a recanting, equiv. to pálin again, back + oid ( é ) ODE + -ia -IA ]