Notwithstanding

Adverb
I'll do you your master what good I can;
 * 1) Nevertheless, all the same.
 * 2) * 1599, Willliam Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, i 4:
 * But notwithstanding, man,

Synonyms

 * all the same, nevertheless, nonetheless

Conjunction

 * 1) Although.
 * 2) * 1724, Daniel Defoe, Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress, ch. 30:
 * Upon which Amy had said, that notwithstanding I was angry with her and had used her so hardly for saying something about her of the same kind, yet there was an absolute necessity of securing her and removing her out of the way;

Preposition

 * 1) In spite of, despite.
 * 2) * 1826, James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans, ch. 26:
 * Notwithstanding the high resolution of Hawkeye he fully comprehended all the difficulties and danger he was about to incur.
 * 1) * 1679 — Habeas Corpus Act, section 11
 * And be it declared and enacted by the authority aforesaid, that an Habeas Corpus, according to the true intent and meaning of this act, may be directed and seen in any county Palatine, the Cinque Ports, or other privileged places within the Kindgom of England, dominion of Wales, or town of Berwick upon Tweed, and the islands of Jersey and Guernsey; any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.

Synonyms

 * despite, in spite of

Thesaurus
after all, again, albeit, all the same, although, at all events, at any rate, but, despite, even, even so, for all that, howbeit, however, in any case, in any event, in spite, just the same, nevertheless, nonetheless, rather, regardless of, still, though, when, yet

Alternative forms

 * noughtwithstanding

Etymology
notwithstandinge: < a calque from nōn obstante ("not standing")

Adverb

 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Italian: nonostante


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ; но всё же (no vsjo že); но всё-таки (no vsjó-taki); но, несмотря на это (no, nesmotrjá na éto); но, как бы то ни было (no, kak by to ní býlo, common, colloquial)
 * Spanish:

Conjunction

 * German:
 * Icelandic: enda þótt, þó að


 * Russian:

Preposition

 * Czech:, ,
 * Dutch: niettegenstaande
 * Esperanto:
 * French: en dépit de
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: למרות (lamrot); אף על פי (af al pi)


 * Icelandic:
 * Portuguese: apesar
 * Romanian: in ciuda faptului ca
 * Russian: несмотря на,
 * Spanish:

Derived terms

 * notwithstanding clause