Hyphenation of whitening

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word whitening? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

whiten-ing

Definitions of whitening:

1.	Changing to a lighter color

Synonyms of whitening:

noun	lightening, change of color

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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