οὐ γὰρ ἂν τό γε πραχθὲν ἀγένητον θείη → since he cannot make what was done as though it had not come to pass
P. and V. ἔλεγχος, ὁ.
refutation of a charge: V. αἰτίας ἀποστροφή, ἡ.