Hyphenation of melioration

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

me-lio-ra-tion

Definitions of melioration:

1.	The act of relieving ills and changing for the better
2.	A condition superior to an earlier condition The new school represents a great improvement
3.	The linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning

Synonyms of melioration:

noun	amelioration, betterment, improvement
noun	improvement, condition, status
noun	drift

Last hyphenations of this language

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