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exact
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of EXACT
1
to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority <every war inevitably exacts the greatest sacrifice possible from some of the nation's best and brightest>
Synonyms call (for), claim, clamor (for), command, enjoin, exact, insist (on), press (for), quest, stipulate (for)
2
to establish or apply as a charge or penalty <vowed to exact a heavy fine from any hockey player engaging in such outrageous behavior on the ice>
Related Words dock, excise, mulct, penalize, tax; extort, shake down, wrest, wring; bleed, fleece, gouge, milk, skin, squeeze; coerce, compel, force; inflict, wreak; set; reapply, reimpose, relay
Near Antonyms abate, diminish, lessen; forgive, release; condone, disregard, excuse, gloss (over), gloze (over), ignore, pardon
Antonyms remit
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