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- resilience (n.)




- 1620s, "act of rebounding," from Latin resiliens, present participle of resilire "to rebound, recoil," from re- "back" (see re-) + salire "to jump, leap" (see salient (adj.)). Compare result (v.). Meaning "elasticity" is from 1824.
- resiliency (n.)




- 1660s, "tendency to rebound;" see resilience + -cy. Meaning "power of recovery" is from 1857.
- resilient (adj.)




- 1640s, "springing back," from Latin resilientem "inclined to leap or spring back," present participle of resilire (see resilience). Figuratively, of persons, from 1830. Related: Resiliently.