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les|son
les|son «LEHS uhn», noun, verb.
–n.
1. something to be learned, taught, or studied: »

Children study many different lessons in school.

2. a unit of teaching or learning; what is to be studied or taught at one time: »

to give a music lesson, to prepare a French lesson. Tomorrow we take the tenth lesson.

3. an instructive experience serving to encourage or warn: »

The accident taught me a lesson: always look before you leap. On my heart Deeply hath sunk he lesson thou has given (William Cullen Bryant).

4. a selection from the Bible or other sacred writing, read as part of a church service.
5. Figurative. a rebuke or punishment intended to prevent repetition of an offense; lecture: »

The judge read the speeding driver a stiff lesson.

SYNONYM(S): reprimand, admonition.
–v.t.
1. to give a lesson or lessons to; instruct; teach: »

Well hast thou lesson'd us; this shall we do (Shakespeare).

2. Figurative. to rebuke; admonish. SYNONYM(S): discipline.
[< Old French leçon < Latin lēctiō, -ōnis a reading < legere read. See etym. of doublet lection. (Cf.lection)]

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