amende honorable
Example Sentences
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I even offered to contribute myself, that it might be taken as an amende honorable on behalf of the English Government.
From The Soul of a People by Fielding, H. (Harold)
And then came a sort of amende honorable.
From From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book by Bangs, John Kendrick
General Johnston's remonstrance, Mr. Benjamin's amende honorable, and the withdrawal of "Old Jack's" resignation.
From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary
Do, worthy Mr. Editor, make the amende honorable by publishing the true characters of the MSS. forwarded by S. H. H., which you have so inadvertently published as original.
Although not admitting the reason for his conduct, I am strongly convinced that the step is a mere acknowledgment of an error on his part, and an effort, however late, at the amende honorable.
From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) by Lever, Charles James
