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Exact

Exact a. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts.
Exact a. Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact in observing an appointment; in my doings I was exact.
Exact a. Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
Exact a. To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel to yield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward when none is due;
followed by from or of before the one subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one.
Exact v. i. To practice exaction.
Exacted imp. & p. p. of Exact
Exacter n. An exactor.
Exacting p. pr. & vb. n. of Exact
Exacting a. Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe.
Exaction n. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion.
Exaction n. That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.
Exactly adv. In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely.
Exactness n. The condition of being exact; accuracy; nicety; precision; regularity; as, exactness of jurgement or deportment.
Exactness n. Careful observance of method and conformity to truth; as, exactness in accounts or business.
Exactor n. One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands.
Exactress n. A woman who is an exactor.

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