self-pos·ses·sion (sĕlf′pə-zĕshən)
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Tweet 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). self′-pos·sessed adj. |
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