Hyphenation of lenient

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

le-nient

Definitions of lenient:

1.	Tolerant or lenient Indulgent parents risk spoiling their children Too soft on the children They are soft on crime
2.	Not strict An easy teacher Easy standards Lenient rules An easy penalty
3.	Characterized by tolerance and mercy

Synonyms of lenient:

adj	indulgent, lax, soft, permissive
adj	easy, undemanding
adj	clement

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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.