noun, verb
noun [U,C]
1 (formal) advice, especially given by older people or experts; a piece of advice:
Listen to the counsel of your elders. * In the end, wiser counsels prevailed.
2 (law) a lawyer or group of lawyers representing sb in a court of law:
to be represented by counsel * the counsel for the defence / prosecution * defence / prosecuting counsel * The court then heard counsel for the dead woman's father.
seealsoKING'S/QUEEN'SCOUNSEL -< LAWYER
IDIOMS
a counsel of despair (formal) advice not to try to do sth because it is too difficult
a counsel of perfection (formal) advice that is good but that is difficult or impossible to follow
keep your own counsel (formal) to keep your opinions, plans, etc. secret:
Emily doubted what he told her but kept her own counsel.
verb (-ll-, AmE -l-)
1 [VN] to listen to and give support or professional advice to sb who needs help:
Therapists were brought in to counsel the bereaved.
2 (formal) to advise sb to do sth:
[VN] Most experts counsel caution in such cases. * [VNtoinf] He counselled them to give up the plan.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for counsel is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does counsel appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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