See Also: resilience(medicine)
resilience(dictionary)
resilience(dictionary)

resilience (iou)



resilience noun. E17.
[formed as RESILIENT: see -ENCE.]
a. The action or an act of rebounding or springing back. E17.
b. Recoil from something; revolt. M19.
Elasticity; spec. the amount of energy per unit volume that a material absorbs when subjected to strain, or the maximum value of this when the elastic limit is not exceeded. E19.
F. King The paper..had the toughness and resilience of plastic.
The ability to recover readily from, or resist being affected by, a setback, illness, etc. L19.
F. Kaplan Their stubborn..resilience helped them to survive their continuing embarrassments.