The fancy way idiots say resilience. Resilience means the ability to recover or bounce back from a hardship. Resiliency is not a word (if you were betting).
Despite losing the bet as to whether resiliency is a word, I was impressed with her resiliency in immediately betting me again as to whether orientate is a word.
by House Grammarian April 12, 2009

by damalama September 26, 2007

The ability to stand up to challenges, work through them step by step, and bounce back stronger than you were before.
by GRIT TEM November 25, 2007

by grandyrich April 25, 2019

STUDENT: "What's for homework?"
TEACHER: "Relate how fitness and science are incorporated in resilience when you do math."
STUDENT: "Are you fucking kidding me?"
TEACHER: "Relate how fitness and science are incorporated in resilience when you do math."
STUDENT: "Are you fucking kidding me?"
by salishsecondary May 11, 2020

And example of this word could be people in Paradise, California.
"People in Paradise showed resilience by rebuilding their homes"
"People in Paradise showed resilience by rebuilding their homes"
by The "now it all" December 05, 2019

decreases chance of enemy scoring a critical hit on you by x% and reduces the damage taken from critical strikes by 2x% in the world of warcraft.
by dunpeal21 August 26, 2007
