Endurance

Definition(s):

The ability of a business or organization to withstand a crisis, disruption or disaster and continue to operate through the event.

Source: Erwood Group

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

endurance (noun)

- permanence duration the endurance of the play's importance

the ability to withstand hardship or adversity , especially the ability to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity - a marathon runner's endurance

the act or an instance of or suffering - enduring endurance of many hardships

Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus

endurance (noun)

uninterrupted or lasting existence

SYNONYMS:

abidance, ceaselessness, continuance, continuity, continuousness, durability, duration, endurance, persistence, subsistence

RELATED WORDS:

drawing out, elongation, extension, lengthening, prolongation, prolonging, stretching; enduringness, permanence; survival

NEAR ANTONYMS:

abridgment ( abridgement), curtailment, cutback, shortening

cessation, close, discontinuance, discontinuity, end, ending, expiration, finish, stoppage, surcease, termination

Endurance is the ability to sustain a physical or mental effort over a long period of time.