resiliency

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun an occurrence of rebounding or springing back
noun the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit

From Latin resiliō (“to spring back”) + -ency.

ELASTIC PROPERTY OF ELECTRICITY.--While electricity has no resiliency, like a spring, for instance, still it acts in the manner of a cushion under certain conditions. — Electricity for Boys, James Slough Zerbe
About his body there was a peculiar springiness, or resiliency, almost catlike, and a quick alertness as of one who lived in perpetual fear of things seen and unseen. — The call of the wild, Jack London
Nor was this mere "conceit"--though, in some other respects, that word, in its limited sense, was not inapplicable--neither was it altogether ignorant presumption; for one of these men was seldom known to fail in anything he undertook: or, if he did fail, he was never found to be cast down by defeat, and the resiliency of his nature justified his confidence. — Western Characters; or, Types of Border Life in the Western States, John Ludlum McConnel

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