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dedentation en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of de- + indentation.

Meanings

  1. (informal, rare, uncountable) The reversal of indentation, moving the text cursor back out from its indented position.
    • A new code block is recognized when the amount of indentation has increased, and its termination is signaled by a "dedentation," or a reduction of indentation matching a previous level's. 2011, Understanding FOSS Version 3.0i revised:
    • Again, as with every code subblock, indentation (and dedentation) are used to delimit blocks of code as well as to indicate which block of code statements belong to […] 2006, Wesley Chun, Core Python Programming:

Synonyms

outdentation · unindentation