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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Whatever it was, and we will let all that go, he made the amende honorable the night we had tea together up there in the great house.

From Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

As early, therefore, as I have the opportunity of doing it, I make the amende honorable to my readers for having unwittingly misled them on this point.

From The Well in the Desert An Old Legend of the House of Arundel by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

So heinous a crime could not be overlooked, and Tanee, was banished to his native island; but after a short time he declared his penitence, made amende honorable, and was restored to favour.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various

If so, I make amende honorable of all that I said up to this minute.

From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count

Dorothy looked up at him in surprise, then she realised that he was referring to her previous remark, and that he was making the amende honorable.

From John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall by Jenkins, Herbert George