notwithstanding

Definition

In spite of; however. "He went to work, notwithstanding his headache." This term is also frequently used in contracts, such as "Here are certain terms and conditions, A. Notwithstanding A, here are certain other conditions B." In this situation, this contract would mean that everything in section A must be obeyed, but even if complied with, B is a unique circumstance which could still occur and if the circumstances arose, the following actions or consequences would be described in section B.