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Definition of: resilience
(ri·zil′yəns) noun
1. The act or power of springing back to a former position or shape; elasticity.
2. Physics The quantity of work given back by a body that is compressed to a certain limit and then allowed freely to recover its former size or shape. Also re·sil′·ien·cy.
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