palinode

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαλινῳδία“palinode”
2. Latin · derived frompalinōdia“palinode, recantation”
3. Middle French · derived frompalinod
4. English todaypalinode

From Middle French palinod, from Latin palinōdia (“palinode, recantation”), from Ancient Greek παλινῳδία (palinōidía, “palinode”), from πάλιν (pálin, “again”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).

First known use, by meaning

• from 17th c. An ode or other poem in which the author retracts something said in an earlier poem; (loosely) a recantation.