nolo contendere vs. guilty

(in a criminal case) a defendant's pleading that does not admit guilt but subjects them to punishment as though a guilty plea had been entered, the determination of guilt remaining open in other proceedings.

having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; justly subject to a certain accusation or penalty; culpable:

characterized by, connected with, or involving guilt:

having or showing a sense of guilt, whether real or imagined: