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free from emotional or mental agitation
- a supremely self-possessed teacher who could handle any crisis
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- relaxed,
- relieved,
- tranquilized
- (also tranquillized)
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“Self-possessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-possessed. Accessed 20 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of self-possessed was in 1766
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