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resilience n

Resilience means ability to recover after difficulty. Explore the term's definition, IPA/phonetic pronunciation, and usage examples.

Definition of resilience

  • ability to recover after difficulty

Usage examples of resilience

Her resilience showed after the layoffs: she learned new skills and found another job within two months.

Engineers tested the bridge’s resilience by measuring how well it recovered after heavy winds.

Children can build resilience when adults help them recover from failure instead of treating one mistake as disaster.

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