Hyphenation of mitigation

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

mit-i-ga-tion

Definitions of mitigation:

1.	To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
2.	A partial excuse to mitigate censure An attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
3.	The action of lessening in severity or intensity The object being control or moderation of economic depressions

Synonyms of mitigation:

noun	extenuation, palliation, decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
noun	extenuation, excuse, alibi, exculpation, self-justification

Last hyphenations of this language

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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.