Elasticity
WordNet
noun
(1) The tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
"The waistband had lost its snap"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The property by virtue of which a material deformed under the load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded
- The sensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity.
- The quality of being elastic
- adaptability