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amende honorable

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


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This was positive proof, and the captain gave her back, saying this was a clear case of mistaken identity, and as he was honestly mistaken he would make the amende honorable.

From Octavia The Octoroon by Lee, J. F.

Overwhelmed by this magnanimity, I murmured my thanks and complete satisfaction with her amende honorable, and tried to turn the occasion to such profit as might be by questioning the man a little.

From Against Odds A Detective Story by Lynch, Lawrence L.

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

"I give way," was the characteristic of his attitude to Crashaw, and the rector suppled his back again, remembered the Derby office-boy's tendency to brag, and made the amende honorable.

From The Wonder by Beresford, J. D. (John Davys)

First, let me make the amende honorable, Doctor Vaughan.

From Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter by Lynch, Lawrence L.



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