Webster's English Dictionary

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notwithstanding

1. not.with.stand.ing \.na:t-with-'stan-din, -with-\ pp [ME 
   notwithstonding, fr. not + withstonding, prp. of withs]tonden to with stand 
   : in spite of 
2. notwithstanding av : NEVERTHELESS, HOWEVER 
3. notwithstanding cj : ALTHOUGH