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The ability to accommodate change without catastrophic failure, or the capacity to absorb shocks gracefully.

The word resilience conveys the ability to recover and to be brought back into shape or position after being stressed. Resilience is a broader term than robustness, which is a static concept that is basically synonymous with damage tolerance. In addition to the ability to withstand damage, resilience also has a dynamic component, that is, adaptation to a new situation. Resilience is therefore a pervasive property that influences a system's response to a wide range of stressors and threats (e.g. see Rosness et al. 2004 ; Hollnagel et al. 2006).