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Noun: counsel  kawn-sul
  1. Direction or helpful suggestions regarding a decision or future course of action
    "The student sought career counsel before choosing a major";
    - guidance, counseling [US], counselling [Brit, Cdn], direction
     
  2. (law) a lawyer who pleads cases in court
    "The counsel-at-law presented a compelling argument to the jury";
    - advocate, counselor [US], counsellor [Brit, Cdn], counselor-at-law [US, Ireland], pleader
Verb: counsel (counselled,counselling, or [US] counseled,counseling)  kawn-sul
  1. Give advice to
    "The teacher counsels troubled students";
    - rede [archaic], advise

Sounds like: council

Derived forms: counselled, counseled, counselling, counsels

Type of: attorney, content, discuss, hash out, lawyer, message, subject matter, substance, talk over

Encyclopedia: Counsel