resilience

/ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns/noun
High School
1

The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.

2

The physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity.

3

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).

4

The capacity to resist destruction or defeat, especially when under extreme pressure.

Thesaurus

Sound Patterns & Rhymes

Alliteration

Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)

Assonance

Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing

Consonance

Words sharing similar consonant sound patterns — adds texture and cohesion to writing