Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Notification \No`ti*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. notification. See
   {Notify}.]
   1. The act of notifying, or giving notice; the act of making
      known; especially, the act of giving official notice or
      information to the public or to individuals, corporations,
      companies, or societies, by words, by writing, or by other
      means.

   2. Notice given in words or writing, or by signs.

   3. The writing which communicates information; an
      advertisement, or citation, etc.

Source : WordNet®

notification
     n 1: an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own
          initiative [syn: {presentment}]
     2: informing by words [syn: {telling}, {apprisal}]
     3: a request for payment; "the notification stated the grace
        period and the penalties for defaulting" [syn: {notice}]