codicil
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.cod·i·cil
noun \ˈkä-də-səl, -ˌsil\Definition of CODICIL
1
: a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will
See Examples of CODICIL
- <a codicil to the treaty was necessary to clarify certain provisos that had proved to be ambiguous>
Origin of CODICIL
Middle English codicill, from Anglo-French *codicille, from Latin codicillus, diminutive of codic-, codex
First Known Use: 15th century
Related to CODICIL
- Synonyms
- afterword, appendix, addendum, excursus, supplement
- Antonyms
- foreword, introduction, preface, prologue (also prolog)
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