Definitions
1.nounThe act of indenting or state of being indented.
2.nounA notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything"indentations of the coast"
3.nounA recess or sharp depression in any surface.
4.nounThe act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.
5.nounA measure of the distance from the flush line"an indentation of one em"
6.nounA division unit of a piece of law distinguished by its indentation or by a dash