Meaning of notwithstanding | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Although; despite; even though.
2. In spite of: The teams played on, notwithstanding the rain.
3. All the same; nevertheless: We proceeded, notwithstanding.
4. In spite of the fact that; although.
5. in spite of. Notwithstanding the bad weather, the ship arrived on time. nieteenstaande وَمَع ذلِك، بالرَّغْم من ذلك въпреки apesar de navzdory, přes ungeachtet til trods for παράa pesar de, no obstante hoolimata باوجود اينکه؛ على رغم huolimatta en dépit deלמרות तथापि usprkos, premda vminek ellenére walaupun þrátt fyrir nonostante ～にもかかわらず …에도 불구하고 nepaisant neskatoties uz meskipun ondankstrass i, uansettpomimo له د سره سره apesar de în pofida несмотря на, вопреки napriek tomu navkljub uprkos ...
6. (often immediately postpositive) in spite of; despite
   often immediately postpositive
7. despite the fact that; although
8. in spite of that; nevertheless
9. in spite of; without being opposed or prevented by: Notwithstanding a brilliant defense, he was found guilty. The doctor's orders notwithstanding, she returned to work.
10. nevertheless; anyway; yet.
11. despite, in spite of, regardless of He despised Pitt, notwithstanding the similar views they both held.

Equivalents

Examples

“After this, Amy told her, That notvvithſtanding I vvas angry vvith her, and had uſed her ſo hardly, for ſaying ſomething about her of the ſame kind; yet there vvas an abſolute Neceſſity of ſecuring her, and removing her out of the VVay; […]”

Roxana

“The firebox married to Britannia's boiler is not, however, in the Doncaster tradition, notwithstanding that it is comparable in dimensions to that of the "V2."”

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