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indention

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in·den·tion  (n-dnshn)
n.
1.
a. The act of indenting.
b. The condition of being indented.
2. The blank space between a margin and the beginning of an indented line.
3. Archaic An indentation or dent.
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Noun1.indention - the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
indent, indentation, indenture
blank space, space, place - a blank area; "write your name in the space provided"
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At the next corner we saw a deep indention in the hard stone masonry of the corner of a house, but might have gone heedlessly by it but that the guide said it was made by the elbow of the Saviour, who stumbled here and fell.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
There was a very light off-shore wind and scarcely any breakers, so that the approach to the shore was continued without finding bottom; yet though we were already quite close, we saw no indication of any indention in the coast from which even a tiny brooklet might issue, and certainly no mouth of a large river such as this must necessarily be to freshen the ocean even two hundred yards from shore.
The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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