Definition of "indention" [in•den•tion]

• The act of indenting. (noun)
• The condition of being indented. (noun)
• The blank space between a margin and the beginning of an indented line. (noun)
• Archaic An indentation or dent. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "When people leave books face down on the table, it breaks the spines so bad ... and then if you fold down the pages it leaves a little indention in the book."
• "It was made of cheap wood, painted white, and there was an indention in the center of it the size of a fist."
• " The fabric flowed over the indention of her obliques and curve of her hips."