Main Entry:

¹les·son

Pronunciation:

\ˈle-s^ən\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English, from Anglo-French leçon, from Late Latin lection-, lectio, from Latin, act of reading, from legere to read — more at legend

Date:

13th century

1: a passage from sacred writings read in a service of worship2 a: a piece of instruction b: a reading or exercise to be studied by a pupil c: a division of a course of instruction3 a: something learned by study or experience <his years of travel had taught him valuable lessons> b: an instructive example <the lessons of history> c: reprimand