Entertainment / Literature / Retraction: A writing in prose or verse in which the author 'takes back' an earlier statement or piece of writing, often with an accompanying apology or explanation concerning her earlier errors. When this retraction appears in a conventionalized form of verse, it is often called a palinode. One of the most famous retractions is Chaucer's conclusion of the Canterbury Tales, in which the author (or perhaps only Chaucer's persona) renounces most of his earlier writings. See also palinode. (From Latin re- + tractare, 'to pull back')
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