- 1. 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. Source: opted
- 2. n. That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice. Source: opted
- 3. n. act of demanding or levying by force or authority Source: wordnet
- 4. 1. 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. Take away your exactions from my people. Ezek. xlv. 9. Daily new exactions are devised. Shak. Illegal exactions of sheriffs and officials. Bancroft. 2. That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice. Daniel. Source: webster
- 5. n:100 n. act of demanding or levying by force or authority Source: ecdict
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