Hyphenation of lenience

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word lenience? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

le-nience

Definitions of lenience:

1.	Mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant
2.	A disposition to yield to the wishes of someone Too much indulgence spoils a child
3.	Lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers

Synonyms of lenience:

noun	leniency, mildness, lenity, mercifulness, mercy
noun	indulgence, leniency, permissiveness, tolerance
noun	leniency, tolerance

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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.