Hyphenation of cavil

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

cav-il

Definitions of cavil:

1.	An evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
2.	Raise trivial objections

Synonyms of cavil:

noun	quibble, quiddity, evasion, equivocation
verb	carp, chicane, object

Last hyphenations of this language

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