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Aplomb

Aplomb Meaning & Definition
Aplomb Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Aplomb?

[n] great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Aplomb: assuredness | cool | poise | sang-froid | self-possession

Related Terms | Find terms related to Aplomb: assurance | balance | balanced personality | composure | confidence | constancy | constraint | control | cool | coolness | discipline | ease | easiness | equability | equanimity | equilibrium | erectness | fastness | firmness | homeostasis | imperturbability | independence | invariability | level head | levelheadedness | nerve | nonchalance | orthogonality | perpendicularity | plumbness | plungingness | poise | possession | precipitousness | presence of mind | reliability | restraint | right-angledness | right-angularity | rootedness | sangfroid | sang-froid | savoir faire | secureness | security | self-assurance | self-command | self-confidence | self-conquest | self-control | self-denial | self-discipline | self-government | self-mastery | self-possession | self-restraint | sheerness | solidity | soundness | squareness | stability | stable equilibrium | stable state | steadfastness | steadiness | steady nerves | steady state | steepness | substantiality | undeflectability | uniformity | unshakable nerves | unshakableness | up-and-downness | uprightness | verticalism | verticality | verticalness | well-regulated mind

See Also | calm | calmness | composure | equanimity

Aplomb In Webster's Dictionary

\A`plomb"\, n. [F., lit. perpendicularity; ? to + plomb lead. See {Plumb}.] Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession.

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