Hyphenation of provocation

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

provo-ca-tion

Definitions of provocation :

1.	Unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
2.	Something that incites or provokes A means of arousing or stirring to action
3.	Needed encouragement The result was a provocation of vigorous investigation

Synonyms of provocation :

noun	aggravation, irritation, aggression
noun	incitement, incitation, psychic energy, mental energy
noun	incitement, encouragement

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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.