Hyphenation of ascension

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

as-cen-sion

Definitions of ascension:

1.	(Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven Observed on the 40th day after Easter
2.	A movement upward They cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon
3.	(New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection
4.	(astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon
5.	The act of changing location in an upward direction

Synonyms of ascension:

noun	Ascension, Ascension Day, Ascension of the Lord, holy day of obligation
noun	rise, rising, ascent, change of location, travel
noun	Ascension, Ascension of Christ, miracle
noun	change of location, travel
noun	rise, ascent, ascending, motion, movement, move

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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.