1. A unit of instruction
   "he took driving lessons"
    
2. Punishment intended as a warning to others
   "they decided to make an object lesson of him";
   - example, deterrent example, object lesson
    
3. The significance of a story or event
   "the lesson of the story is to love thy neighbour";
   - moral
    
4. A task assigned for individual study
   "he did the lesson for today"
    
5. A section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a service
   "The first lesson was from the Book of Genesis"

Sounds like: leer, Lear, sson, le

Derived forms: lessons

Type of: admonition, homework, 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