Synonym: assignment, course, exercise, instruction, study, teaching. Similar words: regardless of, tactlessness, pass on, dissonant, less, bless, unless, oppressor. Meaning: ['lesn] 
n. 1. a unit of instruction 2. punishment intended as a warning to others 3. the significance of a story or event 4. a task assigned for individual study.
n. 1. a unit of instruction 2. punishment intended as a warning to others 3. the significance of a story or event 4. a task assigned for individual study. 
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211. Sun Xiu was taught a lesson, feeling vapid. He left with a touch of his nose.
212. He learned the lesson early in life that scientific conformity means intellectual stultification.
213. And even when we find out, we often shy away from the lesson.
214. The accident was a salutary lesson; I'll never drink and drive again.
215. The euro zone offers an object lesson in how not to respond to a systemic crisis.
More similar words: regardless of, tactlessness, pass on, dissonant, less, bless, unless, oppressor, processor, witless, endless, careless, in excess of, nonetheless, flawless, homeless, tactless, much less, reckless, intercessor, senseless, pointless, transgressor, tactlessly, more or less, regardless, no less than, nevertheless, due process of law, irregardless.