Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Palinode \Pal"i*node\, n. [L. palinodia, from Gr. ?; ? again + ?
   a song. See {Ode}.]
   1. An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a
      repetition of an ode.

   2. A retraction; esp., a formal retraction. --Sandys.