Hyphenation of imbecility

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word imbecility? This word can be hyphenated and contains 5 syllables as shown below.

im-be-cil-i-ty

Definitions of imbecility:

1.	Retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot
2.	A stupid mistake

Synonyms of imbecility:

noun	retardation, mental retardation, backwardness, slowness, subnormality
noun	stupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, mistake, error, fault

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