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amende honorable

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural a·mendes ho·no·ra·bles [uh, -, mendz, , on, -er-, uh, -b, uh, l, a, -mah, n, daw-naw-, ra, -bl, uh].

amende honorable

/ amɑ̃d ɔnɔrablə /

a public apology and reparation made to satisfy the honour of the person wronged Sometimes shortened toamende

From French, dating back to 1660–70; amends, honorable

C18: literally: honourable compensation

"They are going to witness the 'amende honorable' of poor Mazurec," answered Alison.

At six o'clock she was taken in her shift, and with a rope round her neck, to Ntre Dame, to make the amende honorable.

Dee was convinced and offered the amende honorable, confessing herself beaten in argument.

Let me hasten, therefore, to make the amende honorable, and compliment you on your new character of chemist.

I said some things long since regretted, and now, after the lapse of nearly half a century, make this amende honorable.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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