Hyphenation of deferment

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

de-fer-ment

Definitions of deferment:

1.	Act of putting off to a future time

Synonyms of deferment:

noun	postponement, deferral, delay, holdup

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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