apologia
noun /ˌæpəˈləʊdʒiə/
/ˌæpəˈləʊdʒiə/
(formal)- apologia (for something) a formal written defence of your own or somebody else’s actions or opinions
- His book was seen as an apologia for the war.
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Latin from Greek apologia ‘a speech in one's own defence’, from apo ‘away’+ -logia (see -ology).