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Counsel

Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.

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Manner of action 15

Admonish 76% connected

To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort.

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Consult 76% connected

To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.

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Contraindicate 76% connected

To indicate, as by a symptom, some method of treatment contrary to that which the general tenor of the case would seem to require.

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Deter 76% connected

To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc.

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Discourage 76% connected

To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was…

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Dissuade 76% connected

To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course).

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Exhort 76% connected

To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address exhortation to; to urge strongly; he…

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Misadvise 76% connected

To give bad counsel to.

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Misguide 76% connected

To guide wrongly; to lead astray; as, to misguide the understanding.

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Monish 76% connected

To admonish; to warn. See Admonish.

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Press 76% connected

An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

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Propound 76% connected

To offer for consideration; to exhibit; to propose; as, to propound a question; to propound an argument.

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Tip 76% connected

The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

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Urge 76% connected

To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.

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Warn 76% connected

To refuse.

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Broader term 6

Attorney 76% connected

A substitute; a proxy; an agent.

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Content 76% connected

Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

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Discuss 76% connected

To break to pieces; to shatter.

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Lawyer 76% connected

One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence…

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Message 76% connected

Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another.

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Substance 76% connected

That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

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Narrower term 6

Cynosure 76% connected

The constellation of the Lesser Bear, to which, as containing the polar star, the eyes of mariners and travelers were often directed.

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Hint 76% connected

To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.

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Lead 76% connected

One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

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Steer 76% connected

A young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a castrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note under Ox.

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Tip 76% connected

The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

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Wind 76% connected

To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…

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Advise 74% connected

To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn.

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Advise 74% connected

To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn.

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Synonym 10

Advise 92% connected

To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn.

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Advocate 92% connected

One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.

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Counseling 92% connected

of Counsel

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Counselling 92% connected

of Counsel

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Counsellor 92% connected

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Counselor 92% connected

One who counsels; an adviser.

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Direction 92% connected

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

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Guidance 92% connected

The act or result of guiding; the superintendence or assistance of a guide; direction; government; a leading.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pleader 92% connected

One who pleads; one who argues for or against; an advotate.

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Rede 92% connected

To advise or counsel.

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