capable of withstanding shock without permanent deformation or rupture
able to return to shape after bending, stretching, squeezing, etc
said esp of a person: able to recover from or adjust to misfortune or, change, or disturbance
resilience noun
resiliency noun
resiliently adv
[Latin resilient-, resiliens, present part. of resilire to jump back, recoil, from re- + salire to leap]