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contrary to
prep. despite
Usage examples of "contrary to".
She had at least managed to establish to the other members of the Council that she trusted Karal, and that Karal would never act or speak contrary to her will-and if other people on the Council had a problem with her will, that was another story altogether, and would be dealt with by negotiation.
Although many of them obviously still felt that he was too young for his job, the same people felt confident that since he was so young, he would hardly dare to say or do anything contrary to orders.