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resilience
the ability to recover quickly from difficulties
Synonyms
- toughness
- hardiness
- elasticity
Antonyms
- fragility
- weakness
- vulnerability
resilience in a sentence
The community's resilience showed as neighbors rebuilt homes after the flood.
After losing his job twice in one year, he credited his resilience for helping him start a business that finally succeeded.
Where it comes from
From Latin resilire 'to leap back, rebound'
Memory hook
RE-SIL-ience — think 're-spring' back, like a rubber band snapping into shape.
Read it in context
- The Turning Walls Arts
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