gumption

[Gump·tion]

If you have gumption, you have guts. People with gumption are determined and full of courage and common sense, too.

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Capacity; shrewdness; common sense.

Noun
fortitude and determination; "he didn''t have the guts to try it"

Noun
sound practical judgment; "I can''t see the sense in doing it now"; "he hasn''t got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away"

n.
Capacity; shrewdness; common sense.

n.
The art of preparing colors.

n.
Megilp.

Gumption

Gump"tion , n. [OE. gom, gome, attention; akin to AS. ge'a2mian, gyman, to regard, observe, gyme care, OS. gomean to heed, Goth. gaumjan to see, notice.] 1. Capacity; shrewdness; common sense. [Colloq.]

One does not have gumption till one has been properly cheated.

2. (Paint.) (a) The art of preparing colors. Sir W. Scott. (b) Megilp. Fairholt.

Capacity; shrewdness; common sense.

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Usage Examples

It is very east to forgive others their mistakes it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.

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