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Webster 1913 Edition
Exaction
Ex-ac′tion
,Noun.
[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
; hence, extortion. exaction
to tribute or of obedienceTake away your
exactions
from my people. Ezek. xlv. 9.
Daily new
exactions
are devised. Shakespeare
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Exaction
EXAC'TION
,Noun.
1.
Extortion; a wresting from one unjustly; the taking advantage of one's necessities, to compel him to pay illegal or exorbitant tribute, fees or rewards.Take away your exactions from my people. Ezek.45.
2.
That which is exacted; tribute, fees, rewards or contributions demanded or levied with severity or injustice. Kings may be enriched by exactions, but their power is weakened by the consequent disaffection of their subjects.Definition 2024
exaction
exaction
English
Noun
exaction (plural exactions)
- 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.
- That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.
Translations
that which is exacted
a severe tribute
a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice
References
- exaction in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- exaction in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913