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citation n. [
commendation] an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement
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citation n. (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)
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citation n. [
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
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citation n. [
quotation, quote] a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
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citation n. a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding
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