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(a.) Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe.
Exacting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exact
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.
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