Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Citation \Ci*ta"tion\, n. [F. citation, LL. citatio, fr.L.
   citare to cite. See {Cite}]
   1. An official summons or notice given to a person to appear;
      the paper containing such summons or notice.

   2. The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another
      person, in his own words; also, the passage or words
      quoted; quotation.

            This horse load of citations and fathers. --Milton.

   3. Enumeration; mention; as, a citation of facts.

   4. (Law) A reference to decided cases, or books of authority,
      to prove a point in law.

Source : WordNet®

citation
     n 1: an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given
          as formal public statement [syn: {commendation}]
     2: (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written
        passages or legal precedents etc.)
     3: 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" [syn: {acknowledgment},
         {credit}, {reference}, {mention}, {quotation}]
     4: a passage or expression that is quoted or cited [syn: {quotation},
         {quote}]
     5: a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a
        proceeding
     6: thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948