Hyphenation of substitution

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

sub-sti-tu-tion

Definitions of substitution:

1.	An event in which one thing is substituted for another The replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood
2.	The act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help

Synonyms of substitution:

noun	permutation, transposition, replacement, switch, variation, fluctuation
noun	exchange, commutation, change

Last hyphenations of this language

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