Hyphenation of declension

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

de-clen-sion

Definitions of declension:

1.	The inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages
2.	Process of changing to an inferior state
3.	A downward slope or bend
4.	A class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms The first declension in Latin

Synonyms of declension:

noun	inflection, inflexion
noun	deterioration, decline in quality, worsening, decline, diminution
noun	descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, downslope, slope, incline, side
noun	class, category, family

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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