RESILIENT

[re.sil.ient] adj [L resilient-, resiliens, prp. of resilire to jump back, recoil, fr. re- + salire to leap--more at sally] (1674): characterized or marked by resilience: as a: capable of withstanding shock without permanent deformation or rupture b: tending to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change syn see elastic -- re.sil.ient.ly adv