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countable and uncountable, plural resiliences
(psychology, neuroscience) The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.
(physics) The physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity. examples
The positive capacity of an organizational system or company to adapt and return to equilibrium after a crisis, failure or any kind of disruption, including: an outage, natural disasters, man-made disasters, terrorism, or similar (particularly IT systems, archives). quotations examples
Network Rail previously said it is determined to build upon the "significant changes" it has made since the accident, which have "helped us to manage the risk of severe weather to the network". It has invested millions to improve the resilience of the railway.
2023 October 18, “Network News: Carmont: NR pays nearly £1m in out-of-court settlements”, in RAIL, number 994, page 15
The capacity to resist destruction or defeat, especially when under extreme pressure. examples