a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)
<noun.communication> the author got all his friends to write blurbs for his book
a speech seconding a motion
<noun.communication> do I hear a second?
formal and explicit approval
<noun.communication> a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement
a signature that validates something
<noun.communication> the cashier would not cash the check without an endorsement
the act of endorsing
<noun.act> a star athlete can make a lot of money from endorsements
Indorsement \In*dorse"ment\, n. [From {Indorse}; cf. {Endorsement}.] [Written also {endorsement}.] 1. The act of writing on the back of a note, bill, or other written instrument.
2. That which is written on the back of a note, bill, or other paper, as a name, an order for, or a receipt of, payment, or the return of an officer, etc.; a writing, usually upon the back, but sometimes on the face, of a negotiable instrument, by which the property therein is assigned and transferred. --Story. Byles. Burrill.
3. Sanction, support, or approval; as, the indorsement of a rumor, an opinion, a course, conduct.