Associations to the word «Exaction»

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.
William Butler Yeats