Hyphenation of penitential

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word penitential? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

pen-i-ten-tial

Definitions of penitential:

1.	Showing or constituting penance Penitential tears Wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words

Synonyms of penitential:

adj	compunction, remorse, self-reproach
adj	penitent

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.