Hyphenation of penitentiary

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

pen-i-ten-tiary

Definitions of penitentiary:

1.	A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
2.	Used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers Penitentiary institutions
3.	Showing or constituting penance Penitential tears Wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words

Synonyms of penitentiary:

adj	punitive, punitory
noun	pen, correctional institution

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.