keep counsel

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keep counsel

verb keeps counsel · keeping counsel · kept counsel

intransitive To keep one's counsel. A lady, sir, as you will find, / Keeps counsel, or she speaks her mind, / Means what she says and scorns to fence / And palter with feigned innocence.

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@misc{keep_counsel_2026,
  title = {keep counsel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/keep%20counsel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}