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Definition of Exacting

Exacting
Exacting Ex*act"ing, a. Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. ``A temper so exacting.' --T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n.
Exacting
Exact Ex*act", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exacting.] [From L. exactus, p. p. of exigere; or fr. LL. exactare: cf. OF. exacter. See Exact, a.] To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel to yield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward when none is due; -- followed by from or of before the one subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one. He said into them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. --Luke. iii. 13. Years of servise past From grateful souls exact reward at last --Dryden. My designs Exact me in another place. --Massinger.

Meaning of Exacting from wikipedia

- term "exacting scrutiny" when referring to the intermediate level of Equal Protection analysis. For example the court applied similar exacting intermediate...
- Jonathan "John" Wick is a fictional character created by American screenwriter Derek Kolstad and portra**** by Canadian actor Keanu Reeves. He is the titular...
- appear in public. As a result, he ascended the throne "untrained in the exacting art of kingship". Henry VII renewed his efforts to seal a marital alliance...
- Prince Igor Exacting Tribute from the Drevlyans, by Klavdiy Lebedev (1852–1916)....
- the danger by alternative phrasing or by employing, in this exacting field, the exacting British system. In linguistic and philosophical works, specialized...
- fleets exercised hegemony over villages on the coast, collecting revenue by exacting tribute and running extortion rackets. In 1802, the menacing Zheng Yi inherited...
- And because it is selfish and demanding, because it is compulsive and exacting, I didn't embrace it. I suc****bed to it." According to his wife, Serling...
- seen as highly improbable. Bishop George was slain by Gentile Gr****s for exacting onerous taxes, especially inheritance taxes. J. B. Bury, who edited the...
- to sell off part of the ranch. Wade Morrow sends a message to John by exacting revenge upon Colby and Teeter. 28 9 "Meaner Than Evil" Stephen Kay Taylor...
- by a retired general, Paul demands that Aoy slice and fry wagyu beef to exacting specifications. After many failed attempts, she walks out in frustration...