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notwithstanding

/ˌnɑtwɪθˈstændɪŋ/ conjunction C2
  1. Although; despite the fact that; even though. · Notwithstanding I was provoked, I ought not to have reacted so violently.
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“Still,” said the governor, “I believe it will be requisite, notwithstanding your certainty, and not that I doubt your science, but in discharge of my official duty, that we should be perfectly assured that the prisoner is dead.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 210 · C1
“It is very clear, notwithstanding,” replied the young man, with an artlessness wholly free from affectation; “tell her some fine morning an unheard-of piece of intelligence—some telegraphic despatch, of which you alone are in possession; for instance, that Henri IV.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 567 · C1
“And you married her at last, notwithstanding the opposition of her family?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 583 · C1
“Notwithstanding your father’s wishes to the contrary?” said Madame de Villefort, selecting a new point of attack.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 632 · C1

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