Definition of lesson

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Lesson (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..

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Lesson :: Lesson (n.) An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.
Moral :: Moral (n.) The inner meaning or significance of a fable, a narrative, an occurrence, an experience, etc.; the practical lesson which anything is designed or fitted to teach; the doctrine meant to be inculcated by a fiction; a maxim..
Tax :: Tax (n.) A lesson to be learned; a task.
Lection :: Lection (n.) A lesson or selection, esp. of Scripture, read in divine service..
Moral :: Moral (a.) Serving to teach or convey a moral; as, a moral lesson; moral tales..
Lessoning :: Lessoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lesso.
Schoolbook :: Schoolbook (n.) A book used in schools for learning lessons.
Lesson :: Lesson (n.) A portion of Scripture read in divine service for instruction; as, here endeth the first lesson..
Recite :: Recite (v. i.) To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned..
Lere :: Lere (n.) Learning; lesson; lore.
Flunk :: Flunk (v. i.) To fail, as on a lesson; to back out, as from an undertaking, through fear..
Get :: Get (v. t.) To obtain mental possession of; to learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; as to get a lesson; also with out; as, to get out one's Greek lesson..
Exercise :: Exercise (n.) That which is done for the sake of exercising, practicing, training, or promoting skill, health, mental, improvement, moral discipline, etc.; that which is assigned or prescribed for such ends; hence, a disquisition; a lesson; a task; as, military or naval exercises; musical exercises; an exercise in composition..
Learn :: Learn (v. t.) To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acquire understanding of, or skill; as, to learn the way; to learn a lesson; to learn dancing; to learn to skate; to learn the violin; to learn the truth about something..
Lector :: Lector (n.) A reader of lections; formerly, a person designated to read lessons to the illiterate..
Recitation :: Recitation (n.) The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor.
Response :: Response (n.) A kind of anthem sung after the lessons of matins and some other parts of the office.
Lecturn :: Lecturn (n.) A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read; hence, a reading desk. [Written also lectern and lettern.].
Pony :: Pony (n.) A translation or a key used to avoid study in getting lessons; a crib.
Lesson :: Lesson (v. t.) To teach; to instruct.
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