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Amende honorable |
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AMENDE HONORABLE, English law. A penalty imposed upon a person by way of
disgrace or infamy, as a punishment for any offence, or for the purpose of
making reparation for any injury done to another, as the walking into church
in a white sheet, with a rope about the neck, and a torch in the hand, and
begging the pardon of God, or the king, or any private individual, for some
delinquency.
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