From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gumption
n 1: sound practical judgment; "Common sense is not so common";
"he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples";
"fortunately she had the good sense to run away" [syn:
common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense,
sense, mother wit]
2: fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try
it" [syn: backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand,
gumption]