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- Latin · calque ofnolō contendere“I don't want to contest”
- English todayno contest
Calque of Latin nolō contendere (“I don't want to contest”).
Words from the same roots
Latinnolō contendere all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
no contest
Today it means: A type of plea in a criminal proceeding where the defendant neither admits nor denies guilt but consents to the imposition of punishment as if guilty. Full definition →
Latin nolō contendere