Meaning of APLOMB
| Pronunciation: | | u'plâm
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| | Definition: | | [n] great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool" |
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| | Synonyms: | | assuredness, cool, poise, sang-froid, self-possession |
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| | See Also: | | calm, calmness, composure, equanimity | |
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| | Definition: | | \A`plomb"\, n. [F., lit. perpendicularity; ? to + plomb
lead. See {Plumb}.]
Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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