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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Guidance \Guid"ance\, noun [See {Guide}.] The act or result of guiding; the superintendence or assistance of a guide; direction; government; a leading.
His studies were without guidance and without plan. --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
guidance
noun
1: something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action [syn: {counsel}, {counseling}, {counselling}, {direction}]
2: the act of guiding or showing the way [syn: {steering}]
3: the act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king" [syn: {steering}, {direction}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
113 Moby Thesaurus words for "guidance": abetment, administration, admonition, advice, advisement, advising, advocacy, aegis, auspices, authority, backing, briefing, care, catechization, caution, caveat, championship, charge, charity, coaching, command, conduct, consultation, control, council, counsel, countenance, cure, custodianship, custody, didactics, direction, edification, education, encouragement, enlightenment, exhortation, expostulation, favor, fosterage, goodwill, governance, government, guardianship, handling, hands, hortation, husbandry, idea, illumination, information, instruction, interest, jurisdiction, keeping, lead, leadership, leading, management, managery, managing, manipulation, ministry, monition, opinion, ordering, oversight, parley, pastorage, pastorate, pastorship, patronage, pedagogics, pedagogy, pilotage, private teaching, programmed instruction, proposal, protectorship, recommendation, reeducation, regulation, remonstrance, rule, running, safe hands, schooling, seconding, self-instruction, self-teaching, sponsorship, spoon-feeding, steerage, steering, stewardship, suggestion, sympathy, teaching, the conn, the helm, the wheel, thought, tuition, tutelage, tutorage, tutoring, tutorship, ward, wardenship, wardship, warning, watch and ward, wing
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