Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keeping one's counsel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English

Syllables
keep-ing one's -coun-sel
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of keep one's counsel

Questions

What does keeping one's counsel mean?
present participle and gerund of keep one's counsel

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