Meanings
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noun
steadiness of mind under stress
We tried to accept our problems with equanimity.
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equanimous
Etymology
From French équanimité, from Latin aequanimitās (“calmness, equanimity”), from aequus (“even; calm; fair”) + animus (“mind, soul”) + -itās. By surface analysis, equ- + anim(us) + -ity.