citation, commendation -- (an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement)
citation -- ((law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.))
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")
quotation, quote, citation -- (a passage or expression that is quoted or cited)
citation -- (a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding)
Citation -- (thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948)