6 letters · 6 points in Scrabble
noun a unit of instruction
noun punishment intended as a warning to others
noun the significance of a story or event
originFrom Middle English lessoun, from Old French leçon, from Latin lēctiō, lēctiōnem (“a reading”), from legō (“to read; to gather”). Doublet of lection.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0