Palinodia, huius palinodiæ, f. g. A contrarie song: a retractation: a recantation: a reuoking of that one hathe spoken or written.Palinodiam canere.Cic.To retract that one hathe spoken or written: to recant.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
pălĭnōdĭa, ae, f., = palinw|di/a, the repetition of a song.I.Lit., Amm. 18, 5, 4.—II.Transf., a recantation, palinode: palinodiam canere,