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

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke