1. (

• citation ,
• commendation

) an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement ;

2. (

• citation ,

) (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.) ;

3. (

• citation ,
• cite ,
• acknowledgment ,
• credit ,
• reference ,
• mention ,
• quotation ,

) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" ;

4. (

• quotation ,
• quote ,
• citation ,

) a passage or expression that is quoted or cited ;

5. (

• citation ,

) a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding ;

6. (

• Citation

) thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948 ;