Notwithstanding is defined as despite or although.
(conjunction)An example of notwithstanding is when you think the weather is nice in general, even though it has been rainy today.
See notwithstanding in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adverb
conjunction
See notwithstanding in American Heritage Dictionary 4
preposition
Origin:
Origin: Middle English notwithstandinge (translation of Medieval Latin nōn obstante)
Origin: : not, not; see not
Origin: + withstanding
Origin: , present participle of withstanden, to resist; see withstand
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