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Definition of lesson : 1. A portion of Scripture read in divine service for instruction; as, here endeth the first lesson.
2. A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
3. An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. To teach; to instruct.

Synonyms:

model, illustration, recitation, drill, object lesson, exemplar, deterrent example, case, instance, representative, warn, moral, example, exercise, warning, reading, meaning, good example

schooling, education, tutoring, teaching

Usage examples:

• She went to school in the morning, but as soon as ever lesson hours were over she flew back to her mother's shop. - "The Rebel of the School", Mrs. L. T. Meade.
• I don't think you know your lesson, Pomp. - "Frank's Campaign or the Farm and the Camp", Horatio Alger, Jr..
• Since that time he had learned the lesson. - "Ayala's Angel", Anthony Trollope.