Associations to the word «Exaction»
Noun
- Compensation
- Evil
- Slave
- Pope
- Treasury
- Rent
- Crown
- Demand
- Labor
- Robber
- Magistrate
- Flanders
- Engagement
- Temper
- Submission
- Ordinance
- Concession
- Complaint
- Trader
- Restraint
- Privilege
- Seizure
- Trade
- Tenure
- Native
- Custom
- Contempt
- Jurisdiction
- Money
- Obligation
- Vine
- Expense
- Penalty
- Farmer
- Surrender
- Interference
- Offence
- Violence
- Majesty
- Property
- Hamburg
- Inhabitant
- Conduct
- Realm
- Contribution
- Rebellion
- Consequence
- Napoleon
- Liberty
- Consent
- Misery
- Refuge
- Proposition
- Frost
- Authority
- Shake
- Principle
- Fine
- Ideal
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
EXACTION, noun. 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.
EXACTION, noun. That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.
Dictionary definition
EXACTION, noun. Act of demanding or levying by force or authority; "exaction of tribute"; "exaction of various dues and fees".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.