Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotationa 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”
(n)mention, honorable mentionan official recognition of merit“although he didn't win the prize, he did get special mention”