different between exaction vs privation

English

Etymology

From Middle English exaccion, from Middle French exaction, from Old French, from Latin ex?cti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???zæk??n/

Noun

exaction (countable and uncountable, plural exactions)

1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force

2. extortion.
3. That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.

Translations

References

• exaction in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• exaction in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• cinoxate

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exacti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

exaction f (plural exactions)

1. extortion
2. exaction

References

• “exaction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Noun

exaction

1. Alternative form of exaccion

English

Etymology

From Old French privacion, from Latin pr?v?ti?; compare French privation. See private.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /p?a??ve???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

privation (countable and uncountable, plural privations)

1. (philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.
2. The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.
3. The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation.
4. (obsolete) Degradation or suspension from an office.

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “privation”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

French

Etymology

From Latin pr?v?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?i.va.sj??/

Noun

privation f (plural privations)

1. deprivation
2. shortage, deficiency
3. defect

Related terms

• priver

Further reading

• “privation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).