Exaction
[ig'zækʃәn]
Definition
(noun.) act of demanding or levying by force or authority; 'exaction of tribute'; 'exaction of various dues and fees'.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.
Typist: Nola
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Extortion.[2]. Contribution (demanded), tribute.
Typed by Ada
Examples
- He was punctilious in the exaction of this ceremony. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Paul and I did battle more than once--strong battle, with confused noise of demand and rejection, exaction and repulse. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Let him name the ransom at which he rates our liberty, and it shall be paid, providing the exaction is suited to our means. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- As I read Graham's, I scarce wondered at her exaction, and understood her pride: they were fine letters--manly and fond--modest and gallant. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- When Parliament refused supplies, he demanded loans from various subjects, and attempted similar illegal exactions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The king had, in compliance with her exactions, cast off his old friends, but he had acquired no new ones under her guidance. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He was weary of living in a perpetual tepid honeymoon, without the temperature of passion yet with all its exactions. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He wrote to the Directory: We will levy 20,000,000 francs in exactions in this country; it is one of the richest in the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- 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. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Typist: Rodger