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

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

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 Spencer, M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle)

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

"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)