amende honorable
noun
amende ho·no·ra·ble
ȧmääⁿdȯnȯrȧblᵊ,
-b(lə)
plural amendes honorables
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: 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