the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A pecuniary punishment or fine; a reparation or recantation.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A pecuniary punishment or fine.
n. A recantation or reparation.
Word Usage
"It being now settled to my satisfaction, that Mr. Beamish and the great uncloaked were "convertible terms," I set about making the 'amende' in the most handsome manner possible."