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Apologia

//ˌæp.əˈloʊ.d͡ʒi.ə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A written defense of a position or belief.

    "Although I've enumerated some of the academic traditions and debates that have animated this book, it is not my purpose to offer a full apologia in these brief pages."

  2. 2
    a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología, “speech in defense of a position”). Doublet of apology.

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