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gumption

 
Noun gumption has 2 senses
  1. common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, sense, mother wit - 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"
    --1 is a kind of sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment
    --1 has particulars: logic; nous; road sense
  2. backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption - fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"
    --2 is a kind of fortitude
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