codicilnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkəʊ.dɪ.sɪl/us/ˈkɑː.də.sɪl/specializedan instruction that is added to a will (= a document stating what should be done with a person's possessions after his or her death)
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Inheriting & bequeathing
- advance directive
- beneficiary
- bequeath
- bequest
- come into sth
- cut
- heiress
- heirloom
- inheritor
- intestate
- last will and testament
- leave
- legacy
- pass
- residue
- settle sth on sb
- settle your affairs idiom
- survivor
- testament
- transfer
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Examples from literature
- A codicil in Goethe's will provides for their publication.
- A codicil, containing the bequest of the ring, with some further particulars regarding the charities, had been added a few days previous to the old man's death.
- Conquest and the formalities of law established the use of codicils.