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Self-possession

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Noun

1. possession, self-command, self-control, self-possession, self-will, will power, willpower

the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Self-possession

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noun
full possession or control of one's feelings, actions, etc.; self-command; composure

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Self-possession

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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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