resilience
noun/rɪˈzɪliəns/
Frequency rank: #7,003 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
The ability to recover quickly from difficulties or hardship.
Example sentence
After losing everything in the flood, the community showed remarkable resilience by rebuilding within a year.
Synonyms & related words
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