Hyphenation of penance

Are you trying to hyphenate penance? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

penance

Definitions of penance:

1.	Remorse for your past conduct
2.	A Catholic sacrament Repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
3.	Voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing

Synonyms of penance:

noun	repentance, penitence, compunction, remorse, self-reproach
noun	sacrament
noun	self-mortification, self-abasement, punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation

Last hyphenations of this language

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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.