Usually means: Advice given formally to someone.
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We found 41 dictionaries that define the word counsel:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. counsel: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. counsel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. counsel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. counsel: Collins English Dictionary
  5. counsel: Vocabulary.com
  6. Counsel, counsel: Wordnik
  7. counsel: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. counsel: Wiktionary
  9. counsel: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. counsel: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. counsel: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. counsel: Dictionary.com
  13. counsel (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. counsel: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Counsel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Counsel: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. counsel: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. counsel: Rhymezone
  19. counsel: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. counsel: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Counsel: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. counsel: Free Dictionary
  23. counsel: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. counsel: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. counsel: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. counsel: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. counsel: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  7. counsel: Legal dictionary
  8. counsel: Financial dictionary
  9. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. counsel: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. counsel: Sound Alike Words
  2. counsel: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. counsel: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. counsel: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See counseled as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The exchange of opinions and advice especially in legal issues; consultation.
noun:  Exercise of judgment; prudence.
noun:  Advice; guidance.
noun:  Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan.
noun:  A lawyer, as in King's Counsel (KC) or Queen's Counsel (QC).
verb:  (transitive) To give advice, especially professional advice, to (somebody).
verb:  (transitive) To recommend (a course of action).

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