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resilience Definition

re·sil·ience (ri zilyəns, -ē əns)

noun

the quality of being resilient; esp.,

  1. the ability to bounce or spring back into shape, position, etc.
  2. the ability to recover strength, spirits, good humor, etc. quickly; buoyancy

resilience Synonyms

resilience

n.

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

  • ecosystem: These need to be integrated with insight into the resilience of ecosystems.
  • spirit: A haunting testament to the resilience of the human spirit.