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resiliant

resiliant is the misspelling of resilient.

Meaning of resilient

Adjective

resilient (comparative more resilient, superlative most resilient)

  1. Returning quickly to original shape after force is applied; elastic. (of objects or substances)
    1. (materials science) Having the ability to absorb energy when deformed.
  2. Returning quickly to normal after damaging events or conditions. (of systems, organisms or people)
    • He’s resilient, and strong, but sometimes tonight, here, the weight of what he’s saying makes him stop, pause as if lost.1994, Michael Grumley, The Last Diary
    1. Having the ability to recover from mental illness, trauma, etc.; having resilience.

Questions about resiliant

What is resiliant the misspelling of?
Resiliant is the misspelling of resilient.

Words near resiliant in the dictionary

  1. resilenced
  2. resilences
  3. resilencing
  4. resiles
  5. resilia
  6. resiliant
  7. resiliate
  8. resiliated
  9. resiliates
  10. resiliating
  11. resiliation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: resiliant (page history and authors); resilient (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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