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composure

  • /kəmˈpoʊʒɚ/ US
  • /kəmˈpəʊʒə/ UK

noun composures

  1. countable, uncountable Calmness of mind or temperament. That all may see who hate us, how we seek Peace and composure […]

    Similar: coolness, self-possession, countenance, equanimity

  2. countable, obsolete, uncountable The act of composing 1818, John Evelyn, Memoirs, edited by William Bray, London: Henry Colburn, 2nd edition, Volume I, entry for 10 March, 1685, p. 592, […] Signʳ Pietro […] had an admirable way both of composure [in music] and teaching.
  3. countable, obsolete, uncountable Something which is composed; a composition.
  4. countable, obsolete, uncountable Orderly adjustment; disposition. […] from the various Composures and Combinations of these Corpusoles together, happen all the Varieties of the Bodies formed out of them […]
  5. countable, obsolete, uncountable Frame; make; temperament. […] his composure must be rare indeed Whom these things can not blemish […]
  6. countable, obsolete, uncountable A combination; a union; a bond. […] their fraction is more our wish than their faction: but it was a strong composure a fool could disunite.

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Closest in meaning: equanimity, calm, calmness, serenity, tranquillity, self-control, quiet, self-regulation, temper, restraint, coolness, control, poise, sovereignty, cool, nerve

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noun calmness of mind or matter, self-possession

Españolcompostura, entereza
Portuguêscompostura, comedimento
Françaiscalme, quiétude, contenance
DeutschGelassenheit, Fassung, Haltung, innere Ruhe, Selbstbeherrschung, Contenance
Italianocontegno, compostezza, ritegno, autocontrollo, disponibilità
Românăcalm, autocontrol
Русскийсамооблада́ние samoobladánije, хладнокро́вие xladnokróvije, споко́йствие spokójstvije, вы́держка výderžka

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@misc{composure_2026,
  title = {composure},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/composure},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}