"quality of being exact, accuracy, particularity," 1734, from French exactitude (17c.), from exact, from Latin exactus (see exact (adj.)).
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exact adj.
"precise, rigorous, accurate," 1530s, from Latin exactus "precise, accurate, highly finished," past-participle adjective from exigere "demand, require, enforce," literally "to drive or force out," also "to finish, measure," from ex "out" (see ex-) + agere "to set in motion, drive, drive forward; to do, perform" (from PIE root *ag- "to drive, draw out or forth, move").
inexactitude n.
1786, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + exactitude. Perhaps modeled on French inexactitude (18c.).