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Compare typologically Russian несмотря́ на (nesmotrjá na) (< смотре́ть (smotrétʹ)); невзира́я на (nevzirája na) (< взира́ть (vzirátʹ)), презре́в (prezrév) (< презре́ть (prezrétʹ) <~ зреть (zretʹ)) (compare despite—despise relation).

Preposition

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In spite of, not with standing.
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- 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 3”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
  So thou through windowes of thine age ſhalt ſee,
  Diſpight of wrinkles this thy goulden time.
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- 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 19”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
  Yet doe thy worſt old Time diſpight thy wrong,
  My loue ſhall in my verſe euer liue young.
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- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.
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- 1995, Billy Corgan, “Bullet with Butterfly Wings”, in Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, performed by Smashing Pumpkins:
  Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage.
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- 2014 March 3, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions‎, volume 5, number 1, MDPI, →DOI, pages 219–257:
  Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.
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Usage notes

The terms despite of, and in despite of are archaic, nonstandard, or almost universally considered incorrect.

Synonyms

in spite of, maugre (obsolete); see also Thesaurus:despite

Derived terms

despite oneself

Related terms

despise

Translations

in spite of — see also in spite of

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Albanian: megjithëse (sq)Category:Terms with Albanian translations#DESPITE
Arabic: رَغْمَ (raḡma)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#DESPITE, بِالرَّغْمِ مِن (bi-r-raḡmi min)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#DESPITE, مَعَ (ar) (maʕa)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#DESPITE
Moroccan Arabic: واخا (wāḵḵa)Category:Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations#DESPITE, وخا (waḵḵa)Category:Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations#DESPITE
Armenian: չնայած (hy) (čʻnayac)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#DESPITE
Azerbaijani: baxmayaraqCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#DESPITE, rəğmənCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#DESPITE, ilə beləCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#DESPITE
Bashkir: ҡарамаҫтан (qaramaśtan)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#DESPITE
Basque: gora-behera ereCategory:Terms with Basque translations#DESPITE
Belarusian: нягле́дзячы на (njahljédzjačy na)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#DESPITE, насу́перак (nasúpjerak)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#DESPITE
Bulgarian: въ́преки (bg) (vǎ́preki)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#DESPITE
Catalan: malgrat (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#DESPITE, tot i queCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#DESPITE, encara que (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#DESPITE, tot iCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#DESPITE
Chinese:
Mandarin: 儘管 / 尽管 (zh)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#DESPITE, 不顧 / 不顾 (zh) (bùgù)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#DESPITE, 不管 (zh) (bùguǎn)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#DESPITE, 任憑 / 任凭 (zh) (rènpíng)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#DESPITE, 即使 (zh) (jíshǐ)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#DESPITE
Czech: přes (cs)Category:Terms with Czech translations#DESPITE, vzdor (cs)Category:Terms with Czech translations#DESPITE, navzdory (cs)Category:Terms with Czech translations#DESPITE
Danish: på trods afCategory:Terms with Danish translations#DESPITE, trodsCategory:Terms with Danish translations#DESPITE
Dutch: ondanks (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#DESPITE
Esperanto: malgraŭ (eo)Category:Terms with Esperanto translations#DESPITE, spite, keCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#DESPITE, spite alCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#DESPITE, spite (eo)Category:Terms with Esperanto translations#DESPITE (+ accusative)
Estonian: hoolimata (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#DESPITE, vaatamata (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#DESPITE
Finnish: huolimatta (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#DESPITE (+ elative)
French: en dépit de (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#DESPITE, malgré (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#DESPITE
Galician: maliaCategory:Terms with Galician translations#DESPITE
Georgian: მიუხედავად (miuxedavad)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#DESPITE
German: trotz (de)Category:Terms with German translations#DESPITE
Greek: παρά (el) (pará)Category:Terms with Greek translations#DESPITE
Ancient Greek: κατά (katá)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#DESPITE (+ accusative)
Hebrew: לַמְרוֹת (he) (lamrót)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#DESPITE
Hindi: के बावजूद (ke bāvjūd)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#DESPITE
Hungarian: ellenére (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#DESPITE, annak ellenére, hogy…Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#DESPITE, dacára (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#DESPITE, dacára, hogy…Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#DESPITE
Icelandic: þrátt fyrirCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#DESPITE
Interlingua: malgrado (ia)Category:Terms with Interlingua translations#DESPITE
Irish: in ainneoinCategory:Terms with Irish translations#DESPITE, d'ainneoinCategory:Terms with Irish translations#DESPITE, ainneoinCategory:Terms with Irish translations#DESPITE
Italian: nonostante (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#DESPITE, sebbene (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#DESPITE, malgrado (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#DESPITE
Japanese: (suffix) ...にも関わらず (ja) (...にもかかわらず, ...nimo kakawarazu)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#DESPITE
Korean: 에 도 불구하고 (-e-do bulguhago)Category:Terms with Korean translations#DESPITE
Latin: quamquam (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#DESPITE
Latvian: par spītiCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#DESPITE
Lithuanian: nepaisantCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#DESPITE
Macedonian: и покрај (i pokraj)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#DESPITE
Malay: walaupun (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#DESPITE
Norwegian:
Bokmål: til tross forCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#DESPITE
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: въпрѣкꙑ (vŭprěky)Category:Terms with Old Church Slavonic translations#DESPITE
Pannonian Rusyn: без огляду (bez ohljadu)Category:Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations#DESPITE, и попри (i popri)Category:Pannonian Rusyn links with redundant wikilinks#DESPITE Category:Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations#DESPITE
Persian: علیرغم (fa) ('alâraġm-e)Category:Terms with Persian translations#DESPITE, به‌رغم (be-raġm-e)Category:Terms with Persian translations#DESPITE, باوجود (fa) (bâvojud-e)Category:Terms with Persian translations#DESPITE
Polish: mimo (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#DESPITE, pomimo (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#DESPITE, wbrew (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#DESPITE, na przekór (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#DESPITE
Portuguese: a despeito de (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#DESPITE, apesar de (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#DESPITE, não obstante (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#DESPITE
Romanian: în ciudaCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#DESPITE, cu toate căCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#DESPITE
Russian: несмотря́ на (ru) (nesmotrjá na)Category:Terms with Russian translations#DESPITE, вопреки́ (ru) (voprekí)Category:Terms with Russian translations#DESPITE, напереко́р (ru) (naperekór)Category:Terms with Russian translations#DESPITE, невзира́я на (ru) (nevzirája na)Category:Terms with Russian translations#DESPITE
Scottish Gaelic: a dh'aindeoinCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#DESPITE
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: у̏спркосCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#DESPITE, у̏пркосCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#DESPITE, уна́точCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#DESPITE

Latin: ȕsprkos (sh)Category:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#DESPITE, ȕprkos (sh)Category:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#DESPITE, unátočCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#DESPITE
Slovak: napriekCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#DESPITE, navzdorCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#DESPITE, protiCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#DESPITE
Slovene: kljubCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#DESPITE
Spanish: a pesar de (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#DESPITE, pese a (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#DESPITE, no obstante (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#DESPITE, maguer (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#DESPITE, ^{(please verify)} malgrado (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#DESPITE Category:Requests for review of Spanish translations#DESPITE
Swahili: licha yaCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#DESPITE
Swedish: trots (att) (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#DESPITE
Tajik: бо вуҷуди (bo vujud-i)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#DESPITE
Thai: ^{(please verify)} แม้จะ มี (mɛ́ɛ-jà mii)Category:Terms with Thai translations#DESPITE Category:Requests for review of Thai translations#DESPITE
Turkish: rağmen (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#DESPITE, karşın (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#DESPITE
Ukrainian: незважа́ючи на (nezvažájučy na)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#DESPITE, всу́переч (vsúpereč)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#DESPITE, по́при (uk) (pópry)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#DESPITE
Urdu: باوُجُود (bāvujūd)Category:Urdu terms with redundant transliterations#DESPITE Category:Terms with Urdu translations#DESPITE, کے باوُجُود (ke bāvujūd)Category:Urdu terms with redundant transliterations#DESPITE Category:Terms with Urdu translations#DESPITE
Vietnamese: mặc dù (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#DESPITE, không kểCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#DESPITE, bất chấp (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#DESPITE
Walloon: mågré (wa)Category:Terms with Walloon translations#DESPITE

Noun

despite (countable and uncountable, plural despites)Category:English lemmas#DESPITE Category:English nouns#DESPITE Category:English uncountable nouns#DESPITE Category:English countable nouns#DESPITE Category:English countable nouns#DESPITE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#DESPITE Category:Pages with entries#DESPITE Category:Pages with 2 entries#DESPITE

(obsolete Category:English terms with obsolete senses#DESPITE) Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.
- c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:
  A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell
  Then Cerberus the cur couching in the kenel of hel;
  Wherof hereafter, I thinke for to write,
  Of fals double tunges in the diſpite.
- 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
  Thou waſt euer an obſtinate heretique in the deſpight of Beautie.
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- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 25:6:
  all thy despite against the land of Israel
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(archaic Category:English terms with archaic senses#DESPITE) Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “iiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book II:
  he aſked kynge Arthur yf he wold gyue hym leue to ryde after Balen and to reuenge the deſpyte that he had done
  Doo your beſt ſaid Arthur I am right wroth ſaid Balen I wold he were quyte of the deſpyte that he hath done to me and to my Courte
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- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 10:29:
  Of how much sorer punishment suppose ye, shall hee be thought worthy, who hath troden vnder foote þe Sonne of God, and hath counted the blood of the couenant wherwith he was sanctified, an vnholy thing, and hath done despite vnto the spirit of grace?
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- 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
  a deſpite done againſt the Moſt High
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Evil feeling; malice, spite, annoyance.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 3:
  How often am I obliged to speak mal à propos, because my features are not sufficiently charming in a state of repose!—how often is my ingenuity racked to find a word, when a look would have been far better! I am compelled to be amusing, in my own despite.
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- 1874, Thucydides, translated by Richard Crawley, The Peloponnesian War:
  And for these Corcyraeans—neither receive them into alliance in our despite, nor be their abettors in crime.
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