Hyphenation of prohibition

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

pro-hi-bi-tion

Definitions of prohibition:

1.	A law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages In 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US
2.	A decree that prohibits something
3.	The period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
4.	Refusal to approve or assent to
5.	The action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof) They were restrained by a prohibition in their charter A medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages He ignored his parents' forbiddance

Synonyms of prohibition:

noun	law
noun	ban, proscription, decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript
noun	prohibition era, time period, period of time, period
noun	refusal
noun	inhibition, forbiddance, action

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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.