English Explanatory Dictionary

keep one's counsel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To keep one's own business private; to be careful, circumspect, or discreet in what one says concerning one's own deeds, situation, or thoughts.
  2. To keep a secret for someone else; to be careful, circumspect, or discreet in what one says concerning someone else's deeds, situation, or thoughts.

Word forms

keep one's counsel keeps one's counsel keeping one's counsel kept one's counsel

Synonyms

hold one's peace keep one's cards close to one's chest keep one's mouth shut keep one's own counsel keep counsel
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