re·sil·ien·cy
(rĭ-zĭl′yən-sē)American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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| Noun | 1. | resiliency - an occurrence of rebounding or springing back |
| 2. | resiliency - the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limitelasticity, snap - the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed; "the waistband had lost its snap" |
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resiliency
noun1. The ability to recover quickly from depression or discouragement:
2. The quality or state of being flexible:
bounce,
ductility,
elasticity,
flexibility,
flexibleness,
give,
malleability,
malleableness,
plasticity,
pliability,
pliableness,
pliancy,
pliantness,
resilience,
spring,
springiness,
suppleness.
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