amende honorable

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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

Sometimes the criminal performed the amende honorable, marching along Chepe bareheaded and wearing nothing but a white shirt, carrying a great wax taper, escorted by the Mayor's sergeants.

From The History of London by Besant, Walter, Sir

Come down, sole ally and accomplice of my heinous vanity, and plead for me, and make the amende honorable to this grim guardian of Miss Muriel’s peace!”

From Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part by Wilson, Augusta J. Evans

I spoke before Sala, and referred to a misquotation from a speech I had made in the country, and purposely then and there made the amende honorable, of which he at least understood the meaning.

From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Furniss, Harry

While the United States waited significantly for Germany to make the amende honorable, an internal conflict was proceeding in Berlin over the submarine policy.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War by Miller, Francis Trevelyan