verb

1. To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.

   “to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone”

2. To make desirable or necessary.

3. To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce.

   “to exact revenge on someone”

adjective

1. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.

   “He paid the exact debt.”

2. Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.

   “In my doings I was exact.”

3. Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.

Synonyms: correct, perfect, precise, true, strict, spot on

adverb

1. Exactly

   “She's wearing the exact same sweater as I am!”

Synonyms: accurately, just, precisely