Hyphenation of captivity

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

cap-tiv-i-ty

Definitions of captivity:

1.	The state of being imprisoned He was held in captivity until he died The imprisonment of captured soldiers His ignominious incarceration in the local jail He practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon
2.	The state of being a slave So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity--Shakespeare

Synonyms of captivity:

noun	imprisonment, incarceration, immurement, confinement
noun	enslavement, subjugation, subjection

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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.