amende honorable

noun

amende ho·​no·​ra·​ble

ȧmääⁿdȯnȯrȧblᵊ,

-b(lə)

plural amendes honorables

"

: reparation for a crime or injury formerly consisting in such a formal and humiliating acknowledgment of offense and apology as will restore the injured or offended honor of the one wronged

broadly : a full acknowledgment of error with apology

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, honorable reparation

First Known Use

1613, in the meaning defined above

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