Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PAL'IN-ODE, or PAL'IN-O-DY
PAL'IN-ODE, or PAL'IN-O-DY, n. [Gr. παλινῳδια; παλιν, again, and ῳδη, a song.]
A recantation, or declaration contrary to a former one. – Encyc. Sandys.
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