Hyphenation of descendants

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

de-scen-dants

Definitions of descendants:

1.
All of the offspring of a given progenitor
We must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity
2.
Going or coming down
3.
Proceeding by descent from an ancestor
Descendent gene

Synonyms of descendants:

noun posterity, biological group
noun descendant, descendent, relative, relation

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