notification

noun

1. a formal notifying or informing.
2. an act or instance of notifying, making known, or giving notice; notice.
3. a written or printed notice, announcement, or warning: Notifications were mailed to the winners.

noun

1. the act of notifying
2. a formal announcement
3. something that notifies; a notice

n.late 14c., from Old French notificacion (13c.) and directly from Medieval Latin notificationem (nominative notificatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin notificare “to make known, notify” (see notify).