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What is self-possession?

What is self-possession? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. confidence in one's own powers
  2. calmness and composure, especially when under stress
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He was possessed, lacking the filter of self-possession coveted by most dancers.
Their self-possession allowed them to conserve the air and wait for the rescue operation.
British-born, he had a level of self-possession that seemed virtually Bond-like in the urbanity vacuum of CBS prime time.
Claire is responding to Edie's undeniable self-possession and confidence, not the actual content of her work.
One can only hope he will accept his accolades with the grace and self-possession he has now.
In part 2, the narrator concludes that this surrender produces merely the illusion of self-control and self-possession.

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