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Self-possessed

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Adjective

1. collected, equanimous, poised, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed

in full control of your faculties

Example Sentences:
'the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination'
'perfectly poised and sure of himself'
'more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen'
'strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Self-possessed

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adjective
having control of one's emotions, etc

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Self-possessed

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n.
Calm and self-assured command of one's faculties, feelings, and behavior: "Maureen ... had a blunt way of talking that was fueled by the self-possession of a working-class toughie" (Philip Roth).

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