Meaning of keep one's counsel | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

Examples

“As he held his mother to him, he longed to tell⟳ her all, but he kept his counsel.”

“[Ruhollah] Khomeini's approach⟳ to decision making is to keep⟳ his counsel at first, allowing the advocates of different options to debate⟳ issues openly.”

“Standish will keep⟳ our counsel, and the news will be old before it's known.”

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