Lesson :  (noun)
1: a unit of instruction; "he took driving lessons"
2: punishment intended as a warning to others; "they decided to make an example of him" [syn: example, deterrent example, object lesson]
3: the significance of a story or event; "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor" [syn: moral]
4: a task assigned for individual study; "he did the lesson for today"

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