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notwithstanding definition

not·with·stand·ing (nät′wit̸h stan′diŋ, -wit̸h-)

in spite of [notwithstanding the storm, we flew on]: sometimes in an inverted construction [we flew on, the storm notwithstanding]

adverb

all the same, nevertheless he must be told, notwithstanding

conjunction

in spite of the fact that; although

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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