composure
noun
1 composure
Steadiness of mind under stress:
— He accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity.
synonyms: calm, calmness, equanimity.
Roget 826:
inexcitability†,
imperturbability,
inirritability†;
even temper,
tranquil mind,
dispassion;
tolerance,
patience,
coolth [Coll.].
passiveness
etc.
(physical inertness)
172;
hebetude†,
hebetation†;
impassibility
etc.
(insensibility)
823;
stupefaction.
coolness,
calmness
etc.
adj.;
composure,
placidity,
indisturbance†,
imperturbation†,
sang froid [Fr.],
tranquility,
serenity;
quiet,
quietude;
peace of mind,
mental calmness.
staidness
etc.
adj.;
gravity,
sobriety,
Quakerism†;
philosophy,
equanimity,
stoicism,
command of temper;
self-possession,
self-control,
self-command,
self-restraint,
ice water in one's veins;
presence of mind.
submission
etc.
725;
resignation;
sufferance,
supportance†,
endurance,
longsufferance†,
forbearance;
longanimity†;
fortitude;
patience of Job,
patience on a monument"
[Twelfth Night],
patience 'sovereign o'er transmuted ill'"
[Johnson];
moderation;
repression of feelings,
subjugation of feeling;
restraint
etc.
751.
tranquillization
etc.
(moderation)
174†.
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Dutch: gelijkmoedigheid, gelatenheid, kalmte, zelfbeheersing, beheersing, bedaardheid
Polish: opanowanie
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