indention

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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

This indention of the margin and the incomplete line at the end mark the visible limits of the paragraph.

From English: Composition and Literature by Webster, W. F. (William Franklin)

There was a little indention here—a tiny cove.

From Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands by Emerson, Alice B.

The old abandoned village of Tiahn is situated facing the south, with a sandy beach fronting on the second indention north of Stowe Harbor.

From Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands for the Government of British Columbia by Chittenden, Newton H. (Newton Henry)

The indention at the beginning, and usually the incomplete line at the end, mark its visible limits.

From English: Composition and Literature by Webster, W. F. (William Franklin)