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
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"See, Walter," he exclaimed pointing to a square indention in the soft soil.
From The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
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 Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)
When a heading runs over one line, use hanging indention; that is, do not allow the second line to run back to the left-hand margin, but indent it.
From The Century Handbook of Writing by Greever, Garland
Write verse as verse; do not give it equal indention or length of line with prose.
From The Century Handbook of Writing by Greever, Garland