Exact
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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 theexact debt; anexact copy of a letter;exact accounts. -
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 wasexact . - Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
v. t.
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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
v. i.
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To practice exaction.