no·lo con·ten·de·re 
(nō′lō kən-tĕndə-rē)
(nō′lō kən-tĕndə-rē)n.
A plea made by the defendant in a criminal action that is substantially but not technically an admission of guilt and subjects the defendant to punishment but permits denial of the alleged facts in other proceedings.
[Latin nōlō contendere, I do not wish to contend : nōlō, first person sing. present tense of nōlle, to be unwilling + contendere, to contend.]