Apologia, apológiæ, pen. cor. Latinè dicitur Desensio vel Exculatio. A defence or excusing.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
ăpŏlŏgĭa, ae, f., = a)pologi/a, a defence, apology, Hier. ap. Ruf. 2, 4; 2, 6 al. —Also, the title of a work by Apuleius of Madaura; cf. Bähr, Gesch. Rom. Lit. p. 411; Teuffel, Rom. Lit. 362.