composure

Definition

Calmness of mind or temperament.

Etymology

From compose + -ure.

Example Sentences

• "That all may see who hate us, how we seek Peace and composure […]"
• "It would be also of great Use to us to form our deliberate Judgments of Persons and Things in the calmest and serenest Hours of Life, when the Passions of Nature are all silent, and the Mind enjoys its most perfect Composure […]"
• "“Did you want anything, ma’am?” I enquired, still preserving my external composure, in spite of her ghastly countenance and strange exaggerated manner."