Hyphenation of imprisonment

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

im-pris-on-ment

Definitions of imprisonment :

1.	Putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
2.	The state of being imprisoned He was held in captivity until he died The imprisonment of captured soldiers His ignominious incarceration in the local jail He practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon
3.	The act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)

Synonyms of imprisonment :

noun	punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation
noun	captivity, incarceration, immurement, confinement
noun	internment, confinement

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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.