adj.
not approximated in any way; precise.
▸accurate or correct in all details:
an exact replica.
▸accurate and careful about minor details.
v.
- demand and obtain (something) from someone.
- inflict (revenge) on someone.
Derivative
- exactable adj.
- exactitude n.
- exactness n.
- exactor n.
Etymology
ME (as v.): from L. exact-, exigere ‘complete, ascertain, enforce’; the adj. reflects L. exactus ‘precise’.