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  • 41composure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. placidity, serenity, self possession, calmness. See repose, inexcitability.Ant., agitation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. calmness, equanimity, serenity, self possession, calm, collectedness, nonchalance,… …

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  • 42gravity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. weight (see gravity); graveness, importance. Ant., lightness, unimportance. II Weight Nouns 1. gravity, gravitation; weight, weighing; heft, heaviness; ponderosity, pressure, burden; ballast,… …

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  • 43inexcitability — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Patience Nouns 1. inexcitability, imperturbability; even temper, equanimity, equilibrium, tranquillity, dispassion; tolerance, patience; hebetude, hebetation; insensibility.See submission, moderation,… …

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  • 44seriousness — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The quality of being dangerous] Syn. gravity, weight, enormity; see importance 1 . 2. [The characteristic of being sober] Syn. earnestness, sobriety, solemnity, gravity, calmness, thoughtfulness, coolness, sedateness, sober… …

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  • 45sobriety — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Temperance] Syn. renunciation, self denial, teetotalism; see abstinence , temperance . 2. [Gravity] Syn. earnestness, serenity, placidity; see seriousness 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. abstinence, soberness,… …

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  • 46solemnity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sobriety, ceremony, gravity, impressiveness; see seriousness 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun High seriousness of manner or bearing: graveness, gravity, sedateness, sobriety, solemnness, staidness. See ATTITUDE, HEAVY,… …

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  • 47graveness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The condition of being grave and of involving serious consequences: gravity, momentousness, seriousness, weightiness. See IMPORTANT. 2. High seriousness of manner or bearing: gravity, sedateness, sobriety, solemnity …

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  • 48sedateness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun High seriousness of manner or bearing: graveness, gravity, sobriety, solemnity, solemnness, staidness. See ATTITUDE, HEAVY, STYLE …

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  • 49solemnness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun High seriousness of manner or bearing: graveness, gravity, sedateness, sobriety, solemnity, staidness. See ATTITUDE, HEAVY, STYLE …

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  • 50sedateness — se date·ness || sɪ deɪnɪs n. calmness, tranquility; composure, staidness …

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