Hyphenation of discretionary

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word discretionary? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

dis-cre-tionary

Definitions of discretionary:

1.	Having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment The commission has discretionary power to award extra funds
2.	(especially of funds) not earmarked Available for use as needed Discretionary funds Discretionary income

Synonyms of discretionary:

adj	discretional, arbitrary
adj	unrestricted

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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.