n. 1
Advice; guidance.
n. 2
A lawyer, as in King's Counsel (KC) or Queen's Counsel (QC).
n. 3
The exchange of opinions and advice especially in legal issues; consultation.
v. 1
To give advice, especially professional advice, to (somebody).
The lawyer counselled his client to remain silent.

Related words

Word family: counselable counseling counselling counselor council
Phrases: keep one's counsel defence counsel general counsel independent counsel keep counsel special counsel

Forms

Plural: counsels → advices, admonitions, recommendations, exhortations…
Past participle: counseled
e.g. counseled → advised, admonished, exhorted, conferred…

advice He will not change his mind in spite of my advice.
recommendation His supervisor gave him a sterling recommendation.
exhortation What, then, is the exhortation I give you? I urge you to be saved.
admonition This admonition is worth remembering.
attorney Dmitri was appointed as the new district attorney.
lawyer Ben decided to tell the lawyer everything he knew.

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

4 letters: plan¹, rede
6 letters: design², advice², lawyer², advise², prompt¹, confer², lawman², exhort², avocat
7 letters: opinion³, purpose², caution², pleader
8 letters: attorney³, guidance², advocate³, admonish³, monition
9 letters: direction³, counselor³, barrister³
10 letters: suggestion³, counsellor³, admonition⁴
11 letters: instruction³, exhortation⁴
12 letters: consultation⁴, deliberation⁵
13 letters: consideration⁵
14 letters: recommendation⁵

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (design² = 2 syllables).