despite that

despite that

1. (proscribed) despite the fact that, despite [+ gerund], in spite of, although, even though
   • 2004, William F. Kelleher, The Troubles in Ballybogoin: Memory and Identity in Northern Ireland‎, →ISBN, pages 18-19:

     Ballybogoin's Ulster unionists and Irish nationalists, despite that they had been mired in political violence for nearly thirty years and appear to possess identities that correspond to those made in their seventeenth-century encounters, negotiated their identities through everyday practices in the varied social spaces they occupied.

   • 2008, Tami Brady, Strategies: A Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Journey‎, →ISBN, page 54:

     Despite that I now know that my chest pains are not at all dangerous, if the episode lasts for any amount of time, I start to panic.

The usage of "despite" as a conjunction before a clause beginning with "which" or "that" is criticized as incorrect and illiterate English in apparently all dictionaries, grammars, and style guides.

Standard English requires use of despite as a preposition with a gerund or a noun, for example, "despite my knowing that" or "despite the fact that I know" instead of widely proscribed usage such as "despite that I know".

• albeit, much as; see also Thesaurus:even though

Also see translations at despite.