RESILIENCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does resiliency mean? 

• RESILIENCY (noun)
  The noun RESILIENCY has 2 senses:

1. an occurrence of rebounding or springing back

2. the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit

  Familiarity information: RESILIENCY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESILIENCY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An occurrence of rebounding or springing back

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

resilience; resiliency

Hypernyms ("resiliency" is a kind of...):

backlash; rebound; recoil; repercussion (a movement back from an impact)

Derivation:

resile (spring back; spring away from an impact)

resilient (elastic; rebounds readily)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

resilience; resiliency

Hypernyms ("resiliency" is a kind of...):

elasticity; snap (the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed)

Derivation:

resile (return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed)

resilient (elastic; rebounds readily)

 Context examples 

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, by Jack London)

His splendid body and health made new vitality, and he possessed all the resiliency and rebound of youth.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)