palinodial
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[edit]palinodial (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to a palinode, or retraction.
- 1813, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Madame de Staël Holstein (28 May 1813)
- […] their Prince issued a Palinodial proclamation, suspending the orders on certain conditions, but claiming to renew them at pleasure, as a matter of right.
- 1813, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Madame de Staël Holstein (28 May 1813)