Counsels

Part of speech: noun, verb

Definitions

1. Advising individuals on specific issues while offering guidance for decision-making and solutions is essential in various contexts
2. To provide personal or professional advice aimed at guiding decisions or actions ; to give expert legal guidance to clients or parties in a legal matter
3. To suggest or recommend actions in a personal or professional context ; to serve as a lawyer offering informed legal opinions and strategies

Etymology: "Counsels" is simply the plural of the noun "counsel" and the third-person singular form of the verb, so its story is that of "counsel" itself. That word came into English from Old French "conseil", which descended from the Latin "consilium", meaning deliberation, plan or advice. The Latin word's own origin is uncertain: it may come from "com-" with "calo", meaning to call or summon, so that it originally suggested people called together to deliberate, or it may come from "consulo", the root behind "consult". The verb followed a parallel path. Middle English "counseilen" came from Old French "conseiller", which in turn came from Latin "consilior", a verb formed from "consilium". English therefore holds two closely related words from the same Latin source, one noun and one verb, which entered the language through French at different points.

Synonyms: advice, guidance, recommendations, counseling, support

Antonyms: misguidance, confusion, discouragement, opposition, disapproval