exacting

verb

  1. 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. 2

    To make desirable or necessary.

  3. 3

    To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce.

    “to exact revenge on someone”

adjective

  1. 1

    Making excessive demands; difficult to satisfy.

  2. 2

    (of an action, task, etc) Requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention.

  3. 3

    (of a person or organization) Characterized by exaction.

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