The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mention \Men"tion\, n. [OE. mencioun, F. mention, L. mentio,
   from the root of meminisse to remember. See Mind.]
   A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or
   cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention
   of.
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         I will make mention of thy righteousness. --Ps. lxxi.
                                                  16.
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         And sleep in dull, cold marble, where no mention
         Of me more must be heard of.             --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mention \Men"tion\ (m[e^]n"sh[u^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Mentioned (m[e^]n"sh[u^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Mentioning.]
   [Cf. F. mentionner.]
   To make mention of; to speak briefly of; to name.
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         I will mention the loving-kindnesses of the Lord. --Is.
                                                  lxiii. 7.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mention
    n 1: a remark that calls attention to something or someone; "she
         made frequent mention of her promotion"; "there was no
         mention of it"; "the speaker made several references to his
         wife" [syn: mention, reference]
    2: 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: citation, cite,
       acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention,
       quotation]
    3: an official recognition of merit; "although he didn't win the
       prize he did get special mention" [syn: mention, honorable
       mention]
    v 1: make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection
         with the invention" [syn: mention, advert, bring up,
         cite, name, refer]
    2: make mention of; "She observed that his presentation took up
       too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go
       sailing" [syn: note, observe, mention, remark]
    3: commend; "he was cited for his outstanding achievements"
       [syn: mention, cite]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

183 Moby Thesaurus words for "mention":
   Parthian shot, accolade, account, acknowledge, acquaint,
   acquaintance, address, address to, adduce, advert, advertise,
   advertise of, advise, affirmation, allegation, allude, allude to,
   allusion, animadvert on, announcement, answer, apostrophe, apprise,
   assertion, assign, averment, blue book, blurt, blurt out, brief,
   briefing, bring in, bring to attention, bring to notice, bring up,
   bring word, broach, bulletin, call attention to, citation, cite,
   comment, communicate, communication, communique, crack, data,
   datum, declaration, denominate, designate, detail, determine,
   dictum, direct attention to, direct to, directory, disclose,
   dispatch, divulge, enlighten, enlightenment, eulogy, evidence,
   exclaim, exclamation, expression, facts, factual information,
   familiarization, familiarize, fix, focus on, gen,
   general information, give notice, give the facts, give word,
   greeting, guidebook, handout, hard information, hint at,
   honorable mention, impart, imply, incidental information, indicate,
   info, inform, information, insinuate, instance, instruct,
   instruction, intelligence, interject, interjection, intimate,
   introduce, knowledge, kudos, leave word, let drop, let fall,
   let know, light, make known, make reference to, mark, mention to,
   mentioning, message, muse, name, naming, note, notice,
   notification, notify, observation, observe, opine, phrase,
   pick out, pin down, point at, point out, point to, position,
   praise, presentation, promotional material, pronouncement, proof,
   publication, publicity, question, quote, recognition, refer,
   refer to, reference, referral, reflect, reflection, release,
   remark, report, reveal, say, saying, select, send word, sentence,
   serve notice, set, sidelight, signify, slight, speak, specialize,
   specify, state, statement, stipulate, subjoinder, suggest, tell,
   the dope, the goods, the know, the scoop, thought, touch on,
   touch upon, transmission, tribute, utterance, verse, white book,
   white paper, word