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(1):

(n.) That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.

(2):

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Exaction'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/exaction.html. 1828.
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