imperturbation

English

Etymology

Latin imperturbatio.

Noun

imperturbation (uncountable)

1. Freedom from agitation of mind; calmness.
   • 1648, Walter Montagu, “The Nineteenth Treatise. Of Violent Solitude, or Close Imprisonment. §. II. The Deficiency of Single Natural Reason Argued for Consolation in this Case; and the Validity of Grace Asserted.”, in Miscellanea Spiritualia: Or, Devout Essaies, London: […] W[illiam] Lee, D[aniel] Pakeman, and G[abriel] Bedell, […], →OCLC, page 342:

     [W]e become partakers of his [God's] Divine Nature, in this calm and ſerenity of minde, […] VVherefore in our copying of this equality and imperturbation, vve muſt profeſs vvith the Apoſtle, VVe have not received the Spirit of the VVorld, but the Spirit vvhich is of God; […]

References

• “imperturbation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.