Definition of Amede
||A`mende" (&?;), n. [F. See Amend.]
A pecuniary punishment or fine; a reparation or recantation.
Amende honorable (&?;). (Old French Law) A
species of infamous punishment in which the offender, being led into court
with a rope about his neck, and a lighted torch in his hand, begged pardon
of his God, the court, etc. In popular language, the phrase now denotes a
public apology or recantation, and reparation to an injured party, for
improper language or treatment.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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