といえども

-といえども【-と雖も】

even; even though. [⇒いえども]

●ベテランといえどもミスをすることぐらいあるさ. Even a veteran can slip up occasionally. | Just because she's a veteran doesn't mean she can't make the occasional mistake.

・当たらずといえども遠からず. You're not quite right, but very near [close].