amende honorable

[uh-mend on-er-uh-buhl; Fr. a-mahn daw-naw-ra-bluh]

a·mende ho·no·ra·ble

[uh-mend on-er-uh-buhl; Fr. a-mahn daw-naw-ra-bluh]
noun, plural a·mendes ho·no·ra·bles [uh-mendz on-er-uh-buhl; Fr. a-mahn daw-naw-ra-bluh] .
a formal apology to a person whose honor has been offended.

Origin:
1660–70; < French; see amends, honorable
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Amende honorable has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
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amende honorable (amɑ̃d ɔnɔrablə)
 
n , pl amendes honorables
Sometimes shortened to: amende a public apology and reparation made to satisfy the honour of the person wronged
 
[C18: literally: honourable compensation]

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