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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.

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keep one's counsel

元となった辞書の項目

keep one's counsel

動詞

日本語の意味

自分の私事や事情を秘密にして、口外しないようにすること。 / 自分の行動や考え、状況について、慎重に言動し、他人に知られないようにすること。

With the investigation ongoing, it's wise to keep one's counsel until all the facts are known.

捜査が続いている間は、事実がすべて判明するまで自分のことは内密にしておくのが賢明だ。

意味（1）

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

意味（2）

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

keeps one's counsel

（ present singular third-person ）

keeping one's counsel

（ participle present ）

kept one's counsel

（ participle past ）

kept one's counsel

（ past ）