resilience, resiliency

[English resilien(t); -се, -cy.] 1. The quality or state of being resilient; the act or state of leaping, starting, or springing back; the act of rebounding; elasticity. "The common resiliency of the mind from one extreme to another." -Johnson: Rambler, No. 110. 2. Mech. & Engin . The mechanical work expended in straining an elastic body, as a deflected beam, stretched spring, ., to the limit of its elasticity; also the work performed by the body in recovering from such strain.