Hyphenation of penalty

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

penal-ty

Definitions of penalty:

1.	The act of punishing
2.	A payment required for not fulfilling a contract
3.	The disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition Neglected his health and paid the penalty
4.	(games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game

Synonyms of penalty:

noun	punishment, penalization, penalisation, social control
noun	payment
noun	disadvantage
noun	handicap

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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.