composure Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun steadiness of mind under stress
equanimity; calmness; calm.
- he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity

From Compose.

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.
Orderly adjustment; disposition. Obs.
Various composures and combinations of these corpuscles. Woodward.
Frame; make; temperament. Obs.
His composure must be rare indeed Whom these things can not blemish. Shak.
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.
A combination; a union; a bond. Obs. Shak.