Hogy van az angolul hogy "mentsègemre szolgàljon"?

In my defence

Pl: In my defence I was left unsupervised. (Mentségemre szóljon felügyelet nélkül hagytak)

You use this to explain your actions, especially if they were unpopular, unkind or morally dubious. The idea is if you were defending yourself in court.

"I realise that wasn't nice of me to say that about her but in my defence, she had always treated me far worse."