dedentation

English

dedentation (uncountable)

(programming, informal, rare) The reversal of indentation, moving the text cursor back out from its indented position.
- 2011, Understanding FOSS Version 3.0i revised:
  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.
- 2006, Wesley Chun, Core Python Programming:
  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 […]