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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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

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.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 94, August 16, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

I never dined like that before or after, not even a week later, when Dr. V�ron and Sophie made the amende honorable in the Rue Taitbout.

From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.

And then came a sort of amende honorable.

From From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book by Bangs, John Kendrick

Probably he thought he might now do so with impunity, as he was making the amende honorable.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac