Composure vs Relax - What's the difference?
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Calmness of mind or matter, self-possession.
* Milton
* I. Watts
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(obsolete) The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition.
* Evelyn
(obsolete) Orderly adjustment; disposition.
* Woodward
(obsolete) frame; make; temperament
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) A combination; a union; a bond.
To calm down.
To make something loose.
* Milton
To become loose.
To make something less severe or tense.
To become less severe or tense.
To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
* Jonathan Swift
(of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.
To relieve (something) from stress.
(dated) To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.
As a noun composure
is calmness of mind or matter, self-possession.As a verb relax is
to calm down.composure
English
Noun
- We seek peace and composure .
- When the passions are all silent, the mind enjoys its most perfect composure .
- “Did you want anything, ma’am?” I enquired, still preserving my external composure , in spite of her ghastly countenance and strange exaggerated manner.
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- Signor Pietro, who had an admirable way both of composure [in music] and teaching.
- Various composures and combinations of these corpuscles.
- His composure must be rare indeed / Whom these things can not blemish.
- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
* (calmness) equanimity * (calmness) See alsorelax
English
Verb
(es)- to relax''' a rope or cord; to '''relax the muscles or sinews
- Horror all his joints relaxed .
- to relax''' discipline; to '''relax one's attention or endeavours
- The stature of mortmain was at several times relaxed by the legislature.
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- Amusement relaxes the mind.
- An aperient relaxes the bowels.
