"keep counsel" meaning in All languages combined

See keep counsel on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: keeps counsel [present, singular, third-person], keeping counsel [participle, present], kept counsel [participle, past], kept counsel [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> counsel}} keep counsel (third-person singular simple present keeps counsel, present participle keeping counsel, simple past and past participle kept counsel)
  1. (intransitive) To keep one's counsel. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-keep_counsel-en-verb-tHquUgPX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive) To keep one's counsel."
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