centesimation /ˌsɛntiːsɪˈmeɪʃən/ noun1 •(rare) The selection by lot of every hundredth man (of an army or group of prisoners or mutineers) for execution.CENTESIMATION, a milder kind of military punishment, in cases of desertion, mutiny, and the like, when only every hundredth man is executed. — 1763 formscentesimations