exacts
Compels by authority
Exacts means demands and obtains, usually through authority or force.
A tyrant exacts tribute from conquered peoples.
The law exacts penalties for violations.
More abstractly, difficult work exacts a toll on body or mind: The years of caregiving exacted a heavy price.
The word implies something extracted rather than freely given.
Makes necessary
- extractsRemoves or concentrated essences
- extortsObtains through coercion
- compelsForces into action
- enforcesCompels obedience to
imposes · insists · commands · coerces · wrests · squeezes · levies · claims
Quantified sizes or amounts
- tolerancesAllowable limits of variation
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
- dimensionsMeasurable spatial extents
- calibrationsPrecision setting procedures
accuracies · exactitudes · particularities · specificities · technicalities · details · preciseness · strictness
Exact copies of originals
- copiesMakes identical versions
- clonesGenetically identical copies
- facsimilesExact copies of something
- reproductionsCopies of originals
matches · equivalents · counterparts · doubles · lookalikes · twins · duplicates · carbon copies
requires
Makes necessary
enforces · imposes · insists · commands · coerces · wrests · squeezes · levies · claims · obtains
measurements
Quantified sizes or amounts
- tolerancesAllowable limits of variation
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
- dimensionsMeasurable spatial extents
calibrations · accuracies · exactitudes · particularities · specificities · technicalities · details · preciseness · strictness · rigor
replicas
Exact copies of originals
- copiesMakes identical versions
- clonesGenetically identical copies
- facsimilesExact copies of something
reproductions · matches · equivalents · counterparts · doubles · lookalikes · twins · duplicates · carbon copies · mirror images
- not exactlyImprecisely, with reservation
- exact changePayment without remainder
- exact sameCompletely alike, no differences
- exact copyPrecise reproduction of something
- exact scienceDiscipline yielding precise, testable results
- my point exactlyVindication of one's argument
exact, exactly, exacting, inexact, exactness, exacted, exactitude, exaction, inexactness