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exaction

/ɪɡˈzækʃən/

exaction noun: the act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force.

Noun

exaction (countable and uncountable, plural exactions)

  1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force
    • the exaction to tribute or of obedience
  2. extortion.
  3. That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.

exaction meaning in Bengali

exaction in Bengali

জোরপূর্বক লেভি আদায় করা, চাঁদাবাজি, একটি কঠোর কর, একটি ফি, পুরস্কার, বা অনুদান

Forms of exaction

pluralexactions

Origin of exaction

From Middle English exaccioun, exaccion, from Middle French exaction, from Old French, from Latin exāctiō.

Words formed from exaction

Questions about exaction

What does exaction mean?
Exaction means the act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force.
What is exaction in Bengali?
Exaction in Bengali is জোরপূর্বক লেভি আদায় করা, চাঁদাবাজি, একটি কঠোর কর. See Exaction meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is exaction?
Exaction is a noun.
How do you pronounce exaction?
Exaction is pronounced /ɪɡˈzækʃən/.
What is the plural of exaction?
The plural of exaction is exactions.

Words near exaction in the dictionary

  1. exactifying
  2. exacting
  3. exactingly
  4. exactingness
  5. exactinio
  6. exaction
  7. exactions
  8. exactitude
  9. exactitudes
  10. exactive
  11. exactiveness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: exaction (page history and authors); exaction (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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