noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Canada, General-American:/ɹɪˈzɪl.jəns/
Canada, General-American:/ɹɪˈzɪl.i.əns/
Canada, General-American:/ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns/
New-Jersey:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Midwestern-US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Australian:/ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns/
CMU ARPABET:R IH0 Z IH1 L IY0 AH0 N S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:R IH0 Z IH1 L Y AH0 N S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: give
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The positive capacity of an organizational system or company to adapt and return to equilibrium after a crisis, failure or any kind of disruption, including: an outage, natural disasters, man-made disasters, terrorism, or similar (particularly IT systems, archives).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: fragility, brittleness
4
noun
Meaning 4
The capacity to resist destruction or defeat, especially when under extreme pressure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: literal or figurative
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: fragility, brittleness
5
noun
Meaning 5
the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: resiliency
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: elasticity, snap
6
noun
Meaning 6
an occurrence of rebounding or springing back
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *sel- Proto-Indo-European *-yétor Proto-Indo-European *sl̥yétor Proto-Italic *saljō?? Latin saliō Latin resiliō English -ence English resilience From Latin resiliō (“to spring back”) + English -ence.
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Translations
85 source translations are retained for this English entry.