Definitions for resilience

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resilience re·sil·ience

Spelling: [ri-zil-yuh ns, -zil-ee-uh ns Resilience is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 301 anagrams from letters in resilience (ceeeiilnrs).

Definitions for resilience

noun

1. the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity.
2. ability to recover readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like; buoyancy.

Origin of resilience

1620-30; Latin resili(ēns), present participle of resilīre to spring back, rebound (see resilient) + -ence

Examples for resilience

Stretched to the limit of their resilience, the nerves act reflexly.

Most probably it is due to a momentary change in the resilience of the rubber.

But they lowered the boom on Ives when he showed any resilience.

I do not pretend to fathom them; they have the texture and resilience of an indiarubber ball.

They each have a unique struggle and their own reserves of resilience and humor.

The resilience Project will mail kits to individuals who sign up to participate.

I am awed by the resilience of these people whose sexual identities are literally a matter of life and death.

And inevitably in the end, the resilience of youth conquered.

Throughout the next year, the city changed but it's resilience never did.

This summer, the resilience Project will begin accepting DNA samples from individuals around the world.