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1. A unit of instruction
   "he took driving lessons"
    
2. Punishment intended as a warning to others
   - example, deterrent example, object lesson
    
3. The significance of a story or event
   - moral
    
4. A task assigned for individual study
   "he did the lesson for today"

Sounds like: lessen

Derived forms: lessons

Type of: admonition, import, instruction, meaning, monition, pedagogy, school assignment, schoolwork, significance, signification, teaching, warning, word of advice

Part of: class, course, course of instruction, course of study, didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching

Encyclopedia: Lesson