no contest

noun

: nolo contendere

Examples of no contest in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Watkins, charged along with Askew in 2023, was initially hit with robbery counts but pleaded no contest to being an accessory for a two-year prison term. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026

Brian Hickerson dated Panettiere on and off since 2018; he was arrested several times in the subsequent years for domestic abuse and, at one point, pleaded no contest to two felony charges related to an assault against Panettiere. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026

Hickerson, 37, was convicted in 2021 of two felony counts of corporal injury to a spouse/cohabitant after pleading no contest in a domestic violence case in which Panettiere was a victim. — Sean Mandell, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026

Following an eight-count criminal indictment in July 2020 that covered multiple violent incidents between May 2019 and January 2020, Hickerson pleaded no contest in April 2021 to two felony counts of injuring a spouse or girlfriend. — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined above

Legal Definition

no contest

noun

: nolo contendere