not·with·stand·ing 
(nŏt′wĭth-stăndĭng, -wĭth-)
(nŏt′wĭth-stăndĭng, -wĭth-)prep.
In spite of: The teams played on, notwithstanding the rain.
adv.
All the same; nevertheless: We proceeded, notwithstanding.
conj.
In spite of the fact that; although.
[Middle English notwithstandinge (translation of Medieval Latin nōn obstante) : not, not; see NOT + withstanding, present participle of withstanden, to resist; see WITHSTAND.]