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Direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
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counselling
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Counsel \Coun"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counseled (-s[e^]ld) or Counselled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Counseling or Counselling .] [OE. conseilen, counseilen, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliari, fr. consilium counsel.] To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a therapy/counselling session (= when someone is given personal advice ) ▪ At one point his parents joined him for a family therapy session. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE genetic ▪ She subsequently attended the ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action [syn: guidance , counsel , counseling , direction ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context British spelling English) (alternative form of counseling English) vb. (context British spelling English) (present participle of counsel English)
Usage examples of counselling.
You shall also eschew the counselling of all flatterers, such as force themselves rather to praise your person than to tell you the truth about things.
And David says that he is a happy man who has I not followed the counselling of villains.
Then must you take into consideration the root whereof is grown the matter of your counselling, and what fruit it may engender.
And when you have examined your counselling as I have outlined to you, and have determined which part of it is the better and more profitable, and have found it to be approved by many wise and elderly men: then shall you consider whether you have power to carry it to a good end.
Also, if your counselling is dishonest, or comes of a false premise, change your plan.
Trust me, your counselling in this case should not be called counselling, properly speaking, but only a motion to do folly.
Certainly the truth of this matter, or of this counselling, needs no long inquiry.
I’ve offered her counselling, of course, but she appears to be sure she knows what she’s doing.
Even those who had suffered no major injuries needed reassurance, proper food and counselling in that order to recover from their ordeal.
And since the counsellor - a young English lady by the name of Helene - was on the production set every day anyway, prompting Martha from some lofty position with tidbits like, "You have the power Martha, use it," or, "Be kind to yourself Martha, you're your own best friend," and since the production company was paying Martha's counselling bills, they thought - why not?
On BBC1 Martha Naaktgeboren lay back in the comfortable counselling chair while Helene leaned forward attentively from her office-style seat, without the barrier of a desk between.
Millions upon millions of people were getting entirely the wrong idea of what counselling was about.
Her niceness and concern for other people that went with it had held great sway in her choice of counselling as a career.
When Meliboeus had heard that the greatest part of his council were accorded [in agreement] that he should make war, anon he consented to their counselling, and fully affirmed their sentence [opinion, judgement].
Then he must eschew the counselling of fools, of flatterers, of his old enemies that be reconciled, of servants who bear him great reverence and fear, of folk that be drunken and can hide no counsel, of such as counsel one thing privily and the contrary openly.