- present participle of counsel.
- a variation of counseling.
counselling
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The pilots will be delivered through existing NHS WorkWell sites, which connect patients with services such as physiotherapy and counselling.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
Nearby to the training booths, other stations offered tea, psychological counselling services and medical support, while loudspeakers broadcast speeches, chants, and eulogies for slain military commanders.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
Jenkins, 50, added the situation had left him angry and upset and he had sought counselling from a mental health charity to manage the stress of the prosecution.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
Thilothama, who works for Thozhi, a Chennai-based charity supporting transgender people, has spent more than a decade helping others find work and counselling those navigating rejection and uncertainty.
From Barron's ● May 3, 2026
The Commons claimed, and for a time obtained, the control of taxation; and five of Richard II.’s ministers were condemned as traitors for counselling him to measures which Parliament branded as unconstitutional.
From Chaucer and His England by Coulton, G. G.
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