The more lighthearted palinodes were more successful, such as Geoff Horton's recantation of his youthful view that a martini should be shaken rather than stirred..
() From Latin palinōdia (“palinode, recantation”), from Ancient Greek παλινῳδία (palinōidia, “palinode”), from πάλιν (palin, “again”) + ᾠδή (ōidē, “song”).