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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Exaction \Ex*ac"tion\, n. [L. exactio: cf F. exaction.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: exaction n : act of demanding or levying by by force or authority: "exaction of tribute"; "exaction of various dues and fees"
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