Definition of "resilience" []

• The ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy. (noun)
• The property of a material that enables it to resume its original shape or position after being bent, stretched, or compressed; elasticity. (noun)

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• ""The problem with the word 'resilience' is it has a slightly dour sense to it and comes from handling adversity and there is something more positive to say.""
• "A community where we are unconcerned about the long-term resilience is like the rocky soil in the parable of the Sower and the Seeds (Luke 8): when trials and tribulations come, the community will be lost."
• "Rhoda said the AU Commission is looking at building what she calls resilience through long-term and sustainable systems."