Hyphenation of Ransom

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Ransom? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

Ran-som

Definitions of Ransom:

1.	Money demanded for the return of a captured person
2.	Payment for the release of someone
3.	The act of freeing from captivity or punishment
4.	Exchange or buy back for money Under threat

Synonyms of Ransom:

noun	ransom money, cost
noun	payment, defrayal, defrayment
noun	recovery, retrieval
verb	redeem, exchange, change, interchange

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.