Hyphenation of mercy

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

mer-cy

Definitions of mercy:

1.	Leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice He threw himself on the mercy of the court
2.	A disposition to be kind and forgiving In those days a wife had to depend on the mercifulness of her husband
3.	The feeling that motivates compassion
4.	Something for which to be thankful It was a mercy we got out alive
5.	Alleviation of distress Showing great kindness toward the distressed Distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy

Synonyms of mercy:

noun	clemency, mercifulness, lenience, leniency
noun	mercifulness, humaneness
noun	mercifulness, compassion, compassionateness
noun	blessing, boon
noun	relief, succor, succour, ministration

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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.