indention

1. 1.

   the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line

   Synonymsindentationindentindenture

   Broaderspace

Other forms of indention

plural

indentions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about indention

What does indention mean?

indention means "the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line".

How many syllables are in indention?

indention has 4 syllables: in-den-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for indention?

Close synonyms include indentation, indent, indenture. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is indention a common word?

indention is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.