Home › Words › Q › quintationquintation/kwɪnˈteɪʃən/quintation means the removal of one fifth (of something).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, quintation ranks #7,429 of 42,752 for Qualifying.quintation is pronounced /kwɪnˈteɪʃən/.EtymologyFrom quintate + -ion.nounThe removal of one fifth (of something).e.g.“Perhaps the quintation of slats came from the hands of the indentured Hollander.” — 1946, Thomas Hamilton Ormsbee, The Story of American Furniture, page 161:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).