Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Guidance \Guid"ance\, n. [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.

Source : WordNet®

guidance
     n 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}]