composure UK /kəmˈpəʊʒə/US /kəmˈpoʊʒɚ/ noun6 •Calmness of mind or temperament.That all may see who hate us, how we seek Peace and composure […] — 1667 •(no longer used) The act of composing[…] Signʳ Pietro […] had an admirable way both of composure [in music] and teaching. — 1818 •(no longer used) Something which is composed; a composition. •(no longer used) Orderly adjustment; disposition.[…] from the various Composures and Combinations of these Corpusoles together, happen all the Varieties of the Bodies formed out of them […] — 1695 •(no longer used) A combination; a union; a bond.[…] their fraction is more our wish than their faction: but it was a strong composure a fool could disunite. — 1602 •(no longer used) Frame; make; temperament.[…] his composure must be rare indeed Whom these things can not blemish […] — 1606 formscomposures