Hyphenation of modesty

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word modesty? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

mod-esty

Definitions of modesty:

1.	Freedom from vanity or conceit
2.	Formality and propriety of manner

Synonyms of modesty:

noun	decency
noun	reserve, propriety, properness, correctitude

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.