resilience

/rɪˈzɪliəns/

nounre · sil · i · ence

Remember: **re-SILLY-ence**—even when things get “silly” or hard, you **re**cover with **resilience**.

Yes, it's resilience. Keep the middle as **-sil-** (like **silk**), and end with **-ence** (not **-ance**).

Definitions

  1. nounthe ability to recover quickly from difficulties, stress, or change; toughness
  2. nounthe ability of a material or system to return to its original shape or state after being bent, stretched, or pressed

Examples

  • “After the loss, her resilience helped her rebuild her life step by step.”
  • “The team showed resilience by staying focused even after falling behind.”
  • “Engineers test the resilience of the foam by compressing it again and again.”

Synonyms

toughnessgritadaptabilityendurancefortitude

Antonyms

fragilityweakness

Translations

ES resilienciaPT resiliênciaFR résilience

Common misspellings

resilianceresilencerezilienceresillienceresilients

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