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resilience

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re·sil·ience  (r-zlyns)
n.
1. The ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy.
2. The property of a material that enables it to resume its original shape or position after being bent, stretched, or compressed; elasticity.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.resilience - the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit
resiliency
elasticity, 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"
2.resilience - an occurrence of rebounding or springing back
resiliency
backlash, rebound, recoil, repercussion - a movement back from an impact
Translations
resilience [rɪˈzɪlɪəns] n [of material] → elasticidad f [of person] → resistencia
resilience [rɪˈzɪlɪəns] n [of material] → élasticité f [of person]; ressort m
resilience [rɪˈzɪlɪəns] n (of material) → Widerstandsfähigkeit f;
(of person) → Unverwüstlichkeit f
resilience [rɪˈzɪlɪəns] n [of material] → elasticità, resilienza; [of person] → capacità di recupero


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