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resilience (n.)
1620s, "act of rebounding," from Latin
resiliens
, present participle of
resilire
"to rebound, recoil," from
re-
"back" (see
re-
) +
salire
"to jump, leap" (see
salient
(adj.)). Compare
result
(v.). Meaning "elasticity" is from 1824.
