indention

American  

[in-den-shuhn] / ɪnˈdɛn ʃən /

noun

1. the indenting of a line or lines in writing or printing.

2. the blank space left by indenting.

3. the act of indenting; state of being indented.

4. Archaic. an indentation or notch.

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indention British  

/ ɪnˈdɛnʃən /

noun

1. another word for indentation

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Etymology

Origin of indention

First recorded in 1755–65; indent ¹ + -ion

Example Sentences

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indention

But a wrong letter, a space in the wrong place, a wrong indention, a wrong punctuation mark, was an error that cost a ten "word" penalty against the total score.

From Time Magazine Archive

Write verse as verse; do not give it equal indention or length of line with prose.

From The Century Handbook of Writing by Garland Greever

Hanging Indention.—Equal indention of all the lines of a paragraph except the first, which extends one em farther to the left than those succeeding.

From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle) Spencer

When quotation marks occur at the beginning of a line of poetry, they should go back into the indention space.

From Punctuation A Primer of Information about the Marks of Punctuation and their Use Both Grammatically and Typographically by Frederick W. (Frederick William) Hamilton

Quotation marks, indention, smaller type, or any of the marks which distinguish quoted matter are sufficient.

From The Uses of Italic A Primer of Information Regarding the Origin and Uses of Italic Letters by Frederick W. (Frederick William) Hamilton