dedent noun 1verb 2forms 3 noun1 •An outdent. verb2 •To outdent; to remove an indent from.If the body of the if statement, the failwith, was dedented four spaces and therefore lined up with the if keyword, the F# compiler would yield a warning. — 2009 •To remove a dent or dents from.In the drawing at the bottom of the page are shown the structural features of a dedenting machine as built by The Vol-U-Meter Company, Inc. — 1937 formsdedented · dedenting · dedents