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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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7 words match “SELF-POSSESSION”

SELF-POSSESSION n.
The possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure.
ABASH v.
To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit. Abashed, the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is. Milton. He was a man whom no check could abash. Macaulay.
APLOMB n.
Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession.
COLLECTEDNESS n.
A collected state of the mind; self-possession.
CONFUSION n.
The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame.
COOLNESS n.
Calm impudence; self-possession. [Colloq.]
UPSET v.
To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her. [Colloq.]