Hyphenation of defection

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

de-fec-tion

Definitions of defection:

1.	Withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility His abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless
2.	The state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)

Synonyms of defection:

noun	desertion, abandonment, withdrawal
noun	apostasy, renunciation, rejection

Last hyphenations of this language

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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.