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Flowing back; ebbing, as the tide.

1. Shining radiantly; resplendent.
2. Shining brilliantly or splendidly.
3. Shining brightly; radiant; gleaming: "Crystal chandeliers and gilded walls made the opera house a refulgent setting for the ball."
4. Casting a bright light; radiant; brilliant; resplendent; shining; splendid; such as, refulgent beams.

1. To become more sympathetic or amenable and to do something previously ruled out or to allow something previously forbidden to take place.
2. To slacken or to become less intense; to soften in temper; to become more gentle or compassionate.
3. Etymology: "to melt, to soften, to dissolve", from re-, "again" + Latin lentus, "slow, viscous, supple". The sense of "become less harsh or cruel" was first recorded in 1526.

1. A person who resides or dwells in a place.
2. A physician who joins the medical staff of a hospital as a salaried employee for a specified period to gain advanced training; usually, in a particular field, being in full-time attendance at the hospital and often living on the premises.
3. A diplomatic representative, inferior in rank to an ambassador, residing at a foreign court.
4. Something which is encoded and permanently available to a computer user, as a font in a printer's ROM or software on a CD-ROM.
5. A computer program that is currently active or standing by in a computer memory.

1. Able to recover quickly from setbacks; springing back; rebounding: "The resilient athletes were able to win the game despite having such a low score during the first half."

"Resilient children can usually recover from minor accidents more quickly than other less resilient ones."

2. Being able to spring back quickly into shape after being bent, stretched, or squashed: "Rubber is one of the most resilient elements that we know about."
3. Marked by the ability to recover readily, as from misfortune or disastrous situations: "The killers who struck this week are brutal and violent," President Bush said, "but terror will not have the final word because the people of India are resilient. They can withstand this trial."
4. Able to become strong, healthy, or successful again after something bad happens: "Many people are hoping that the economy will be resilient and recover."
5. With computer technology, the ability to recover from a failure: "The resilient site was up and available to users again after having been down for over two hours because of technical problems."
6. Etymology: from about 1626, from Latin resiliens, resilire, "to rebound, to recoil"; from re-, "back" + salire, "to jump, to leap".

Reserved; disinclined to speak freely; given to silence or concealment.

1. Acutely insightful and wise.
2. Having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.

1. Capable of feeling; conscious.
2. Experiencing sensation or feeling.

Making contact at a single point or along a line; touching but not intersecting.