lesson > define

noun

• A unit of instruction.
  • usage: "he took driving lessons"
• Punishment intended as a warning to others.
  • usage: "they decided to make an example of him"
  • synonyms: example, deterrent example, object lesson
• The significance of a story or event.
  • usage: "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor"
  • synonyms: moral
• A task assigned for individual study.
  • usage: "he did the lesson for today"

• (n.) That which is learned or taught by an express effort; instruction derived from precept, experience, observation or deduction; a precept; a doctrine; as, to take or give a lesson in drawing.
• (n.) Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or learner; something, as a portion of a book, assigned to a pupil to be studied or learned at one time.
• (n.) A portion of Scripture read in divine service for instruction; as, here endeth the first lesson.
• (n.) An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.
• (n.) A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
• (v.t.) To teach; to instruct.