Hyphenation of slacken

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

slack-en

Definitions of slacken:

1.	Become slow or slower Production slowed
2.	Make less active or fast He slackened his pace as he got tired Don't relax your efforts now
3.	Become looser or slack The rope slackened
4.	Make slack as by lessening tension or firmness

Synonyms of slacken:

verb	slow, slow down, slow up, slack, weaken
verb	slack, slack up, relax, decrease, lessen, minify
verb	weaken, slacken off
verb	remit, loosen, loose

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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.