despite
despite definition
de·spite (di spīt′)
noun
- a contemptuous act; insult; injury
- malice; spite
- Archaic contempt; scorn
Etymology: ME & OFr despit < L despectus, a looking down upon, despising < despicere: see despise
in spite of; notwithstanding
despite Idioms
in despite of
- in defiance of
- in spite of
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