Assertion: apology | /r/SimilarTo | defense
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text: "Apology" here means "defense", as in "Christian apologetics", and not a statement expressing regret (in fact, rape apology is the opposite of expressing regret for rape).
text: In the case of Plato’s text it comes from the Greek “apologia” which means a defense, or a speech which has as its objective presenting a defense.