Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Centesimation /sĕn'tēsĭmāʹshən/ · Cen·tes·i·ma·tion · IPA /ˌsɛntiːsɪˈmeɪʃən/ 01 n. The infliction of the death penalty upon one person in every hundred, as in cases of mutiny. 1. The infliction of the death penalty upon one person in every hundred, as in cases of mutiny.(Mil.)