designation

An act or instance of designatingcountableuncountable

Selection and appointment for a purpose or office.countableuncountable

• His designation as chief justice was controversial.

That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.countableuncountable

• Man is the most aggressive animal in the sea (and on the land as well), and all the "man-eater" stories in history will not change this designation.

Signification, meaning, for example of a word or phrase.countableuncountable

• It doesn't list all the connotations that the term may have in various contexts: it specifies the designation of the term, or one of the designations of the term.

Purpose, aim, intention.countableobsoleteuncountable

• Deſignation, or Deſign, (Lat[in] and French) a purpoſing or contriving.
• Convinced that this mutual paſſion is the deſignation of Heaven to reſtore him to that affluence he loſt by the partiality of an anceſtor and the generous loyalty of his family, I give way to it without reſerve; […]