👉 Cornamute is a term used in the context of the United States' Declaration of Independence, which was written by Thomas Jefferson. It refers to the phrase "for what they have done" which means that someone has done something wrong or evil and the speaker wants to remind them of their own responsibilities and actions. The phrase was first used by John Adams in 1802 during the drafting of the Declaration, but it gained popularity after the passage of the U.S. Constitution in 1
