Despite (15)
I believe the answer is:
notwithstanding
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">despite</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for notwithstanding that I've seen before include "Although" , "anyway" , "without being still" , "However" , "Nevertheless" .)