guidance

noun — 3 senses

guidance

noun

/ˈɡaɪdəns/

Etymology From guide + -ance. Displaced native Old English lādtēowdōm.

1

The act or process of guiding.

2

Advice or counselling on some topic.

  • divine guidance
  • The fourth model is called the enlightment model: Actors are seen to be responsible for problems but unable or unwilling to provide solutions. They are believed to need discipline provided by authoritative guidance. The Alcoholic Anonymous^([sic]) groups are considered prototypical for this model.2013 June 29, Leo Montada, “Coping with Life Stress”, in Herman Steensma, Riël Vermunt, editors, Social Justice in Human Relations Volume 2: Societal and Psychological Consequences of Justice and Injustice, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 26:
3

Any process or system to control the path of a vehicle, missile etc.

Derived terms
autoguidance, chemoguidance, e-guidance, guidance counselor, inertial guidance, marriage guidance, misguidance, multiguidance, postguidance, preguidance, space guidance, teleguidance

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