sedateness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SEDA'TENESS, noun Calmness of mind, manner or countenance; freedom from agitation; a settled state; composure; serenity; tranquillity; as sedateness of temper or soul; sedateness of countenance; sedateness of conversation.
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