Hyphenation of compensation

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word compensation? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

com-pen-sa-tion

Definitions of compensation:

1.	Something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
2.	(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
3.	The act of compensating for service or loss or injury

Synonyms of compensation:

noun	recompense
noun	defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence
noun	recompense, correction, rectification

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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.