guidance Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
    counseling; direction; counsel; counselling.
  2. noun the act of guiding or showing the way
    steering.
  3. noun the act of setting and holding a course
    direction; steering.
    • a new council was installed under the direction of the king

WordNet

Guid"ance noun
Etymology
See Guide.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913