amende honorable

American  

[uh-mend on-er-uh-buhl, a-mahn daw-naw-ra-bl^uh] / əˈmɛnd ˈɒn ər ə bəl, a mɑ̃ dɔ nɔˈra blə /

noun

• amendes honorables
  plural

1. a formal apology to a person whose honor has been offended.

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amende honorable British  

/ amɑ̃d ɔnɔrablə /

noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: amende.  a public apology and reparation made to satisfy the honour of the person wronged

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• amendes honorables
  plural

Etymology

Origin of amende honorable

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

Example Sentences

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amende honorable

But at least it is the amende honorable to the Land of Promise.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 26th, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman

And then came a sort of amende honorable.

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

I have been called upon several times to make the amende honorable, and I admit that it is not an occasion of much mirth and merriment.

From Cordwood by Bill Nye

As early, therefore, as I have the opportunity of doing it, I make the amende honorable to my readers for having unwittingly misled them on this point.

From The Well in the Desert An Old Legend of the House of Arundel by M. (Madelaine) Irwin

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