resilience Definition
re·sil·ience (ri zil′yəns, -ē əns)
noun
the quality of being resilient; esp.,
- the ability to bounce or spring back into shape, position, etc.
- the ability to recover strength, spirits, good humor, etc. quickly; buoyancy
resilience Synonyms
resilience Usage Examples
Converse of object
- underestimate: Yet I think Rand underestimated the resilience of Western civilization.
- enhance: Does adaptive management of natural resources enhance resilience to climate change?
- demonstrate: They demonstrate great resilience, battling against considerable odds.
- strengthen: The Q-Link is a pendant that, when worn, strengthens resilience and resistance to the harmful effects of stress.
- improve: The wise business will use these good times to invest in measures to improve resilience.
- build: Learning how to build resilience or real security into your life.
Adjective modifier
- emotional: A woman's emotional resilience can vary wildly with the circumstances she finds herself in.
- remarkable: In spite of the violence in Northern Ireland, industry there has shown a remarkable resilience.
- extraordinary: For several years, critics of Britain's private finance initiative have been puzzled by its extraordinary resilience.
- incredible: The earthquake destroyed thousands of people's lives but I was struck by the incredible resilience of the survivors I met.
- ecological: Both ICRI and the Mauritius event served as reminders to look beyond sectoral issues in MPA planning toward overall social and ecological resilience.
- increased: A second World Wide Web proxy server has now been installed in order to provide increased resilience.
Modifies a noun
reserve: It excludes the required minimum margin of solvency but, in the UK, it includes the resilience reserve.
Noun used with modifier
- ecosystem: So efforts to safeguard ecosystem resilience would require a much more stringent application of the Precautionary Principle.
- flood: Opportunities for owners to improve the flood resilience of their properties will be discussed.
- error: Of primary importance for high quality, is the need for error resilience ( in the presence of packet loss ) in the bitstream.
- network: FTA has also been in contact with the network resilience team at the Highways Agency.
Preposition: in
face: The previous depressed disposition of the mother will not have assisted her resilience in the face of such an attack " .
Preposition: of
Browse dictionary entries near resilience
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- ‹ resignation
- ‹ resign oneself
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- ‹ residuum
- ‹ Residue or Residual Data
- ‹ residue
- ‹ residuary legacy
- ‹ residuary estate
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