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dereliction

How many syllables in dereliction?

  4 syllables

Divide dereliction into syllables:   der-e-lic-tion
Primary syllable stress:   der-e-lic-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   der-e-lic-tion
How to pronounce dereliction:   der-uh-lik-shun
How to say dereliction:

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Synonyms for dereliction


2 syllables
  • failure
  • ruin
  • neglect
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
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    What rhymes with dereliction

    2 syllables
    • diction
    • friction
    • fiction
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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