Hyphenation of alibi

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word alibi? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

al-i-bi

Definitions of alibi:

1.	(law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
2.	A defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. He kept finding excuses to stay Every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job His transparent self-justification was unacceptable
3.	Exonerate by means of an alibi

Synonyms of alibi:

noun	defense, defence, vindication
noun	excuse, exculpation, self-justification, defense, defence, vindication
verb	excuse, explain

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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.