antistrophe

Meaning

Noun

• In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left.
• The lines of this part of the choral song.
• The repetition of words in an inverse order.
• The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses
• The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.

Origin

• Borrowed from Latin antistrophe, from Ancient Greek ἀντιστροφή ("turning about").