- guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction - something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
--1 is a kind of message, content, subject matter, substance
--1 has particulars:road map, guideline; career counseling; cynosure; genetic counseling; marriage counseling; tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind, hint - guidance, steering - the act of guiding or showing the way
--2 is a kind of management, direction
Derived form: verb guide3 - steering, guidance, direction - the act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king"
--3 is a kind of control
--3 has particulars:driving; aim; navigation, pilotage, piloting; celestial guidance; inertial guidance, inertial navigation; command guidance; terrestrial guidance