different between indulgence vs endorsement

English

Etymology

From Middle French indulgence, or its source, Latin indulgentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?d?ld???ns/
• Hyphenation: in?dul?gence

Noun

indulgence (countable and uncountable, plural indulgences)

1. the act of indulging
   • 1654, Henry Hammond, Of Fundamentals...

     will all they that either through indulgence to others or fondness to any sin in themselves, substitute for repentance any thing that is less than a sincere, uniform resolution of new obedience
2. tolerance
3. catering to someone's every desire
4. something in which someone indulges
5. An indulgent act; favour granted; gratification.
   • a. 1729, John Rogers, The Goodness of God a Motive to Repentance

     If all these gracious indulgences are without any effect on us, we must perish in our own folly.

6. (Roman Catholicism) A pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner has been granted absolution.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 555:

     To understand how indulgences were intended to work depends on linking together a number of assumptions about sin and the afterlife, each of which individually makes considerable sense.

Related terms

• indulge
• indulgent

Translations

Verb

indulgence (third-person singular simple present indulgences, present participle indulgencing, simple past and past participle indulgenced)

1. (transitive, Roman Catholic Church) to provide with an indulgence

French

Noun

indulgence f (plural indulgences)

1. leniency, clemency
2. (Roman Catholicism) indulgence

English

Alternative forms

• endorsation (older American, Canadian)
• indorsation (Scotland)
• indorsement (older (American), Latinate)

Etymology

endorse +? -ment

Noun

endorsement (countable and uncountable, plural endorsements)

1. The act or quality of endorsing

   The association announced its endorsement of the policy.

   The bank required that cheque endorsement be witnessed by a cashier.

   Companies sometimes pay millions for product endorsement by celebrities.
2. An amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document (such as a driving licence).

   Mr. Jones paid extra for the flood damage endorsement on his house insurance.

3. (aviation) An instructor's signed acknowledgement of time practising specific flying skills.

   Once she obtained the endorsement of her night flying hours, Joanna was approved to take the pilot's examination.

4. (education, certification) Permission to carry out a specific skill or application in a field in which the practitioner already has a general licence.

   Wanted: Accredited teacher with Grade 12 mathematics endorsement.

   To transport gasoline, truckers must have a valid licence and the hazardous materials endorsement.

5. Sponsorship, in means of money, by a company, business or enterprise.

   After the Olympics, he was hoping to get an endorsement deal.

6. Support from an important, renowned figure of a media (celebrity, politics, sports, etc.), to get back up.

   I'm not sure whether an endorsement from Donald Trump will help or hurt.

Translations

See also

• allonge