"keep one's own counsel" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "keeps one's own counsel",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keeping one's own counsel",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kept one's own counsel",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kept one's own counsel",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "keep<,,kept> one's own counsel"
      },
      "expansion": "keep one's own counsel (third-person singular simple present keeps one's own counsel, present participle keeping one's own counsel, simple past and past participle kept one's own counsel)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002 October 11, Verlyn Klinkenborg, “Editorial Observer: Moral Perfection and the Incorrigible Franklin”, in New York Times, retrieved 2008-10-25",
          "text": "The compressed lips suggest his principled reticence, his practice of keeping his own counsel.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To keep one's own business private; to be discreet, careful, or circumspect in what one says concerning one's own thoughts, deeds, or situation."
      ],
      "id": "en-keep_one's_own_counsel-en-verb-Un0OGlpl",
      "links": [
        [
          "keep",
          "keep#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "private",
          "private#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "discreet",
          "discreet"
        ],
        [
          "careful",
          "careful"
        ],
        [
          "circumspect",
          "circumspect"
        ],
        [
          "says",
          "say#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "thought",
          "thought"
        ],
        [
          "deeds",
          "deed#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "keep one's counsel"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "keep one's cards close to one's chest"
        },
        {
          "word": "keep one's lips sealed"
        },
        {
          "word": "keep one's mouth shut"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "keep one's own counsel"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "keeps one's own counsel",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keeping one's own counsel",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kept one's own counsel",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kept one's own counsel",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "keep<,,kept> one's own counsel"
      },
      "expansion": "keep one's own counsel (third-person singular simple present keeps one's own counsel, present participle keeping one's own counsel, simple past and past participle kept one's own counsel)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "keep one's counsel"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002 October 11, Verlyn Klinkenborg, “Editorial Observer: Moral Perfection and the Incorrigible Franklin”, in New York Times, retrieved 2008-10-25",
          "text": "The compressed lips suggest his principled reticence, his practice of keeping his own counsel.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To keep one's own business private; to be discreet, careful, or circumspect in what one says concerning one's own thoughts, deeds, or situation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "keep",
          "keep#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "private",
          "private#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "discreet",
          "discreet"
        ],
        [
          "careful",
          "careful"
        ],
        [
          "circumspect",
          "circumspect"
        ],
        [
          "says",
          "say#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "thought",
          "thought"
        ],
        [
          "deeds",
          "deed#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "keep one's cards close to one's chest"
        },
        {
          "word": "keep one's lips sealed"
        },
        {
          "word": "keep one's mouth shut"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "keep one's own counsel"
}