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OBJECT LESSON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does object lesson mean?
• OBJECT LESSON (noun)
The noun OBJECT LESSON has 1 sense:
1. punishment intended as a warning to others
Familiarity information: OBJECT LESSON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Punishment intended as a warning to others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
deterrent example; example; lesson; object lesson
Context example:
they decided to make an example of him
Hypernyms ("object lesson" is a kind of...):
admonition; monition; warning; word of advice (cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness))
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