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/kˈaʊnsəlɪŋ/ /kˈaʊnslɪŋ/ Listen

noun

counseling n. Direction or advice as to a decision or course of action.

Synonyms: guidance, counsel, direction.

verb

Counsel v. t. (past & past part. counseled or counselled; pres. part. counseling or counselling)

To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person. "Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you To leave this place."

To advise or recommend, as an act or course. "They who counsel war." "Thus Belial, with words clothed in reason's garb, Counseled ignoble ease and peaceful sloth."

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Etymology of 'Counseling'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Counseling" Quotes from Famous Books

... might share in the gladness over the victory of the captain. And likewise he sent despatches to the captain and the Spaniards who were with him congratulating them much on the victory they had won, and begging them and counseling them to be governed in these matters more by prudence than by confidence in their own strength, and commanding, at all events, that, having passed the last bridge, they should await him [the Governor] there so that they might then enter the city of Cuzco all together. This done, the Governor set ...

— An Account of the Conquest of Peru • Pedro Sancho

... hours before. Newman's careless contempt of the spy had made me contemptuous, too. And, indeed, what could a spy report against the big man that could injure him? Newman was openly working for peace, counseling obedience. His ...

— The Blood Ship • Norman Springer

... counseling in difficult questions of missionary policy: "It seemed good to the Holy Ghost ...

— The Ministry of the Spirit • A. J. Gordon

... paying off the capital; and even when, for safety's sake, the casket had been made over to the keeping of the Joint-stock Company, the thought of it was a continual pleasure. Nay, the spirit of the casket began to peep out even in household arrangements. The baroness was surprised at her husband counseling certain economies, or telling with a degree of pleasure of ten louis d'or won last evening at cards. She was at first a little afraid that he had become in some way embarrassed; but, as he assured her, with a complacent ...

— Debit and Credit - Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag • Gustav Freytag