Hyphenation of adoption

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

adop-tion

Definitions of adoption:

1.	The act of accepting with approval Favorable reception Its adoption by society The proposal found wide acceptance
2.	A legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood The adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)
3.	The appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source The borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent

Synonyms of adoption:

noun	acceptance, acceptation, espousal, blessing, approval, approving
noun	proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
noun	borrowing, appropriation

Last hyphenations of this language

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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.