a. | 1. | Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; |
2. | Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; | |
3. | Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict. | |
v. t. | 1. | 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; |
v. i. | 1. | To practice exaction. |
Verb | 1. | exact - claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the loan" Synonyms: demand |
2. | exact - take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" | |
Adj. | 1. | exact - marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target" Antonyms: inexact - not exact |
2. | exact - (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement" |