| 1. study session; exercise, assignment given to a student; something to be studied and learned; experience which brings knowledge or wisdom; scolding, rebuke; portion from a sacred text which is read during a religious service. instruct, teach a lesson; rebuke, scold, reprove. lessonlesson, v. t. [imp. & p. p. lessoned (-s'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. lessoning.] to teach; to instruct. to rest the weary, and to soothe the sad, doth lesson happier men, and shame at least the bad.lesson lesson (l&ebreve;ss'n), n. [oe. lessoun, f. leçon lesson, reading, fr. l. lectio a reading, fr. legere to read, collect. see: legend, and cf. lection.] |
