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Resilience

/ɹə.zɪl.ɪ.əns/

The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.

📖 Definitions of "Resilience"

noun

1
The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.
2
The physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity.
3
The positive capacity of an organizational system or company to adapt and return to equilibrium due to the consequences of a crisis or failure caused by any type of disruption, including: an outage, natural disasters, man-made disasters, terrorism, or similar (particularly IT systems, archives).

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
buoyancynoun	The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid.
irrepressibilitynoun	The quality of being irrepressible.
resiliencynoun	Synonym of resilience.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
resiliencynoun	Synonym of resilience.
irrepressibilitynoun	The quality of being irrepressible.
buoyancynoun	The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid.
soliditynoun	The state or quality of being solid.
capabilitynoun	The power or ability to generate an outcome.
responsivenessnoun	The quality or state of being responsive.
capacitynoun	The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
abilitynoun	(uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power.
adaptabilitynoun	The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.
adaptive	Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.
adaptationnoun	(uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
suitabilitynoun	The quality of being suitable.
forcenoun	Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
determinationnoun	The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
firmnessnoun	The state of being firm
soundnessnoun	(uncountable) The state or quality of being sound.
energynoun	The capacity to do work.
staminanoun	The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.
strengthnoun	The quality or degree of being strong.
adjustmentnoun	The action of adjusting something