What does object lesson mean?

object lesson means "punishment intended as a warning to others".

What is another word for object lesson?

Close synonyms include example, deterrent example, lesson. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is object lesson a common word?

object lesson is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

object lesson — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
punishment intended as a warning to others
“they decided to make an example of him”
Synonymsexample deterrent example lesson
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What does object lesson mean?: object lesson means "punishment intended as a warning to others".
What is another word for object lesson?: Close synonyms include example, deterrent example, lesson. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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