palliation
From LSJ
τὸ δὲ ποιεῖν ἄνευ νοῦ ἃ δοκεῖ καὶ σὺ ὁμολογεῖς κακὸν εἶναι: ἢ οὔ → but doing what one thinks fit without intelligence is—as you yourself admit, do you not?—an evil
subs.
Excuse: P. and V. πρόφασις, ἡ. P. ἀπολογία, ἡ. Pardon: P. and V. συγγνώμη, ἡ, V. σύγγνοια, ἡ.
