Associations to the word «Composure»

Wiktionary

COMPOSURE, noun. Calmness of mind or matter, self-possession.
COMPOSURE, noun. (obsolete) The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition.
COMPOSURE, noun. (obsolete) Orderly adjustment; disposition.
COMPOSURE, noun. (obsolete) frame; make; temperament
COMPOSURE, noun. (obsolete) A combination; a union; a bond.

Dictionary definition

COMPOSURE, noun. Steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity".

Wise words

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