EXACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exaction mean? 

• EXACTION (noun)
  The noun EXACTION has 1 sense:

1. act of demanding or levying by force or authority

  Familiarity information: EXACTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXACTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act of demanding or levying by force or authority

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

exaction of various dues and fees

Hypernyms ("exaction" is a kind of...):

demand (the act of demanding)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exaction"):

extortion (unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority))

Derivation:

exact (claim as due or just)

 Context examples 

The best of all was, that, in the midst of their exactions, all the sisters had a great tenderness and respect both for Sophy and Traddles.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

His is the exaction of the apostle, who speaks but for Christ, when he says—Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)