Hyphenation of severance

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

sev-er-ance

Definitions of severance:

1.	A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) They hoped to avoid a break in relations
2.	The act of severing

Synonyms of severance:

noun	rupture, breach, break, rift, falling out, separation, breakup, detachment
noun	severing, cut, cutting

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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.