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councilling

councilling is the present participle and gerund of council.

councilling is the archaic form of counseling.

Meaning of council

Verb

council (third-person singular simple present councils, present participle (US) counciling or (UK) councilling, simple past and past participle (US) counciled or (UK) councilled)

  1. (transitive) To sit in council with; to hold discussions with.

See all 7 meanings of council

Meaning of counseling

Noun

counseling (countable and uncountable, plural counselings)

  1. Assistance (especially from a professional) in the resolution of personal difficulties.

Forms of councilling

pluralcouncillings

Questions about councilling

What is councilling the present participle and gerund of?
Councilling is the present participle and gerund of council.

Words near councilling in the dictionary

  1. counciling
  2. councilism
  3. councilist
  4. councilists
  5. councilled
  6. councilling
  7. councillings
  8. councillist
  9. councillists
  10. councillor
  11. councilloress

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: councilling (page history and authors); council (page history and authors); counseling (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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