noun (n)

• an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  commendation
  

  source: wordnet30
• (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)(noun.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage(noun.communication)

  Example:
  The student's essay failed to list several important citations.
  

  Synonym:
  acknowledgment, cite, credit, mention, quotation, reference
  

  source: wordnet30
• a passage or expression that is quoted or cited(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  quotation, quote
  

  source: wordnet30
• a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding(noun.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948(noun.animal)

  source: wordnet30
• An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.(noun)

  source: webster1913