exercise

noun

Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
The teacher told us that the next exercise is to write an essay.
Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
I do crosswords for mental exercise.
A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.
The law guarantees us the free exercise of our rights.
The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
I assisted the ailing vicar in the exercise of his parish duties.
That which gives practice; a trial; a test.

verb

To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
to exercise troops or horses; to exercise one's brain with a puzzle
To perform physical activity for health or training.
I exercise at the gym every day.
To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
She is going to exercise her right to vote.
(now often in passive) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious.
exercised with pain
To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.

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