ex-action

 [ig-zak-shuhn]  

ex·ac·tion

   [ig-zak-shuhn]
noun
1.
the act of exacting; extortion: the exactions of usury.
2.
an amount or sum exacted.
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English exactioun < Latin exāctiōn- (stem of exāctiō) a demanding. See exact, -ion

Related forms
non·ex·ac·tion, noun
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