lesson

Noun

• a task assigned for individual study
  • he did the lesson for today
    

• the significance of a story or event
  • the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor
    

• punishment intended as a warning to others
  • they decided to make an example of him
    

• a unit of instruction
  • he took driving lessons
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  moral , example , deterrent example , object lesson