counselling

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
verb give advice to

No answer gave the Vánar king To Ráma’s prudent counselling. — The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse, Valmiki
These be generally alms or works of charity of them that have temporal riches or discretion in counselling. — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer
To avoyd which mistakes, and render to those termes of Commanding, Counselling, and Exhorting, their proper and distinct significations, I define them thus. — Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes

guidance, counsel, counseling, direction

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