What this error want to say? Can't we use return without function?

[Terry Reedy]

On 9/7/2020 3:34 AM, Shivlal Sharma wrote:

>>> nice = ntime(N)

>>> error: return outside of the function

Please copy and paste exact text.  Python actually said
SyntaxError: 'return' outside function
which means that a 'return' outside of a function is a syntax error.

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Terry Jan Reedy