Exact

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; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts. I took a great pains to make out the exact truth. - Jowett (Thucyd.
	2.	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.
	3.	Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict. An exact command, Larded with many several sorts of reason. - Shak.
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; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one. [imp. & p. p. Exacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exacting.] He said into them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. - Luke. iii. 13. Years of servise past From grateful souls exact reward at last - Dryden. My designs Exact me in another place. - Massinger.
v. i.	1.	To practice exaction. The anemy shall not exact upon him. - Ps. lxxxix. 22.

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" Synonyms: claim, take
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" Synonyms: accurate, precise

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