resilience

resilience
(also less frequent resiliency) noun
ADJECTIVE
amazing, extraordinary, great, remarkable, tremendous
natural
emotional, mental, psychological
VERB + RESILIENCE
have
demonstrate, show
build, increase, promote
PREPOSITION
resilience to

She has shown great resilience to stress.

PHRASES
resilience in the face of sth

Abandoned children display resilience in the face of their plight.

strength and resilience

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  • résilience — [ reziljɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1911; résélience 1906; angl. resilience (1824); lat. resilientia ♦ Phys. Rapport de l énergie cinétique absorbée nécessaire pour provoquer la rupture d un métal, à la surface de la section brisée. La résilience, qui s… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Resilience — Résilience (physique) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Résilience. Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Le terme résilience désigne la capacité pour un matériau à résister à la rupture. C… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • resilience — e*sil i*ence (r[ e]*z[i^]l [i^]*ens), resiliency e*sil i*en*cy (r[ e]*z[i^]l [i^]*en*s[y^]), n. 1. The act of springing back, rebounding, or resiling; as, the resilience of a ball or of sound. [1913 Webster] 2. The power or inherent property of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Resilience — Resilience. См. Средняя удельная работа деформации. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • resilience — (n.) 1620s, from L. resiliens, prp. of resilire to rebound, recoil, from re back (see RE (Cf. re )) + salire to jump, leap (see SALIENT (Cf. salient)). Cf. RESULT (Cf. result) …   Etymology dictionary

  • resilience — [ri zil′yəns, ri zil′ē əns] n. the quality of being resilient; esp., a) the ability to bounce or spring back into shape, position, etc. b) the ability to recover strength, spirits, good humor, etc. quickly; buoyancy: Also resiliency …   English World dictionary

  • Résilience — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Résilience », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Le mot résilience est utilisé dans… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Resilience — For other uses, see Resilience (disambiguation). The area under the linear portion of a stress strain curve is the resilience of the material Resilience is the property of a material to absorb energy when it is deformed elastically and then, upon …   Wikipedia

  • resilience — resilient re‧sil‧i‧ent [rɪˈzɪliənt] adjective ECONOMICS a resilient country, economy, currency etc is strong and performs well, even under difficult conditions: • The dollar proved resilient against the yen in trading yesterday. resilience noun… …   Financial and business terms

  • resilience — re|sil|i|ence [rıˈzıliəns] n also re|sil|i|en|cy [ ənsi][U] 1.) the ability to become strong, happy, or successful again after a difficult situation or event →↑toughness resilience of ▪ the resilience of youth ▪ People showed remarkable… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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