amende honorable
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First, let me make the amende honorable, Doctor Vaughan.
From Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter by Lawrence L. Lynch
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 H. (Harold) Fielding
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 Charles James Lever
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 Herbert George Jenkins
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 M. H. (Marion Harry) Spielmann
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