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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Composure \Com*po"sure\, n. [From {Compose}.] 1. The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition. [Obs.] Signor Pietro, who had an admirable way both of composure [in music] and teaching. --Evelyn. 2. Orderly adjustment; disposition. [Obs.] Various composures and combinations of these corpuscles. --Woodward. 3. Frame; make temperament. [Obs.] His composure must be rare indeed Whom these things can not blemish. --Shak. 4. A settled state; calmness; sedateness; tranquillity; repose. ``We seek peace and composure.'' --Milton. When the passions . . . are all silent, the mind enjoys its most perfect composure. --I. Watts. 5. A combination; a union; a bond. [Obs.] --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: composure n : steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity" [syn: {calm}, {calmness}, {equanimity}] [ant: {discomposure}]
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