amende honorable

[uh-mend on-er-uh-buhl, a-mahn daw-naw-ra-bl^uh] / əˈmɛnd ˈɒn ər ə bəl, a mɑ̃ dɔ nɔˈra blə /

NOUN

public apology

Synonyms

WEAK

atonement full apology making amends public recantation

Example Sentences

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In the Dreyfus case, too, she made amende honorable, and today Captain Dreyfus, the martyr of Devils Island, Major Dreyfus, as he is now, is actively working for the salvation of his country.

From The Allied Countries and the Jews by Enelow, Hyman Gerson

I have been called upon several times to make the amende honorable, and I admit that it is not an occasion of much mirth and merriment.

From Cordwood by Nye, Bill

Come down, sole ally and accomplice of my heinous vanity, and plead for me, and make the amende honorable to this grim guardian of Miss Muriel’s peace!”

From Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part by Wilson, Augusta J. Evans

Let me hasten, therefore, to make the amende honorable, and compliment you on your new character of chemist.

From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James

In due time Douglas Jerrold, as in duty bound, made the amende honorable to the sex he had maligned.

From The History of "Punch" by Spielmann, M. H. (Marion Harry)