object lesson as a noun: - 1
object lesson
noun
1 object lesson
Punishment intended as a warning to others.
synonyms: deterrent example, example, lesson.
Roget 82:
conformity,
conformance;
observance;
habituation.
naturalization;
conventionality
etc.
(custom)
613;
agreement
etc.
23.
example,
instance,
specimen,
sample,
quotation;
exemplification,
illustration,
case in point;
object lesson;
elucidation.
standard,
model,
pattern
etc.
(prototype)
22.
rule,
nature,
principle;
law;
order of things;
normal state,
natural state,
ordinary state,
model state,
normal condition,
natural condition,
ordinary condition,
model condition;
standing dish,
standing order;
Procrustean law;
law of the Medes and Persians;
hard and fast rule.
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