notwithstanding
prep.prep. despite something or even though something else is true. You use it to show that one fact does not stop another thing from happening.
prep. despite or in spite of; introduces a factor that does not prevent the main statement from being true. Historically also used as an adverb or conjunction, but those uses are now rare.
Notwithstanding the rain, the outdoor concert continued.
Notwithstanding several minor technical delays, the satellite launch was completed exactly on schedule.
The legal team decided to proceed with the appeal, their recent setbacks notwithstanding, as they believed the original verdict was fundamentally flawed.
From Middle English notwithstandinge, notwithstondyng, natwithstandyng, equivalent to not + withstanding. Compare Middle English notgainstonding, not aȝenstondynge, of similar meaning and formation.
Can be placed either before or after the noun phrase it modifies; the post-positional use ('the rain notwithstanding') is more formal.
notwithstanding of the costnotwithstanding the costNotwithstanding is a preposition and does not take 'of'.