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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