guidance

Plural: guidances

Noun

• Help or advice given to someone, especially to solve a problem.
• something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
• the act of guiding or showing the way
• the act of setting and holding a course
• The act or process of guiding.
• Advice or counselling on some topic.
• Any process or system to control the path of a vehicle, missile etc.

Examples

• divine guidance
• He sought GUIDANCE from the dictionary to find a high-scoring word from his difficult rack.

Synonyms

counsel, counseling, counselling, direction, steering