preposition/mal.ɡʁe/
despite, in spite of; against (one's) will, despite (one's) protest
“Je laisse aller ce que j'ai tant aimé, malgré mon cœur qui cogne et s'ouvrait.” — I let go that which I loved so much, despite my heart which knocks and opens.
Inherited from Middle French maugré (literally “bad will”), with etymological restoration of the l, from Old French malgré, from mal + gré. Cognate with Italian malgrado and Catalan malgrat.