1660s, "tendency to rebound;" see resilience + -cy. Meaning "power of recovery" is from 1857.

The ability of a material to resume it's former shape after mechanical deformation.

(n) an occurrence of rebounding or springing back(n) the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit

(English) The ability of an ecological system, habitat, or species to adapt to stress and change.

the capability of the turf to spring back when balls, shoes, or other objects strike the surface, thus providing a cushioning effect.

The capacity of an ecosystem to maintain or regain normal development following disturbance.

A universal and innate human capacity, which can empower a child, adult, family, group, community, or business organization to prevent, minimize or overcome the damaging effects of adversity. Masten a [..]

The capability of individuals and systems (families, groups and communities) to cope with significant adversity or stress in ways that are not only effective, but tend to result in an increased ability to constructively respond to future adversity.

An attribute of a market. In securities markets, depth is measured by "the speed with which prices recover from a random, uninformative shock." (Kyle, 1985, p 1316).

Resiliency is the ability of a data center to maintain service in spite of problems such as power outages, server failures or network link failures.

Speed with which new orders respond to a change in prices.