Upon which Amy had said, that notwithstanding I was angry with her and had used her so hardly for saying something about her of the same kind, yet there was an absolute necessity of securing her and removing her out of the way;.
If something is true notwithstanding something else, it is true in spite of that other thing. He despised William Pitt, notwithstanding the similar views they both held. Notwithstanding is also an adverb. His relations with colleagues, differences of opinion notwithstanding, were unfailingly friendly. in spite of something
despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession); "although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it"; "while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed"; "he was a stern yet fair master"; "granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go"