Hyphenation of deferent

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

def-er-ent

Definitions of deferent:

1.	Showing deference

Synonyms of deferent:

adj	deferential, regardful, respectful

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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