- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
- (a.) Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
- (v.i.) To practice exaction.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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