Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Publicity \Pub*lic"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. publicit['e].]
   The quality or state of being public, or open to the
   knowledge of a community; notoriety; publicness.

Source : WordNet®

publicity
     n : a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea
         or person or institution [syn: {promotion}, {promotional
         material}, {packaging}]