resilience
noun/rɪˈzɪliəns/
Frequency rank: #7,003 most common English word
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.
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