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Definition of self-possessed adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

self-possessed

adjective

able to remain calm and confident in a difficult situation She always seems so calm and self-possessed.

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self-possession

noun [uncountable] He soon recovered his usual self-possession.See self-possessed in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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