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willmaking

willmaking noun: the creation of a legal will.

Noun

willmaking (uncountable)

  1. The creation of a legal will.
    • Few things show the human character in a more ridiculous light than the circumstance of will-making. It is the latest opportunity we have of exercising the natural perversity of the disposition, and we take care to make a good use of it.1821–1822, William Hazlitt, “On Will-making”, in Table-Talk; or, Original Essays, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Warren; Henry Colburn and Co.

Forms of willmaking

alternative formwill-making

Origin of willmaking

From will + making.

Questions about willmaking

What does willmaking mean?
Willmaking means the creation of a legal will.
What part of speech is willmaking?
Willmaking is a noun.

Words near willmaking in the dictionary

  1. williwaws
  2. willless
  3. willlessness
  4. willmaker
  5. willmakers
  6. willmaking
  7. Willman
  8. Willmann
  9. Willmanns
  10. Willmans
  11. Willmar

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