gumption
If you have gumption, you have guts. People with gumption are determined and full of courage — and common sense, too.
If you easily give up, and don’t have a lot of confidence or smarts, then you are lacking in gumption. It takes gumption to get things done — especially difficult things. Someone who takes risks without being afraid has gumption. Having gumption is like having “chutzpah.” We all could probably use more gumption. Like common sense, it isn’t that common.
Definitions of gumption
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fortitude and determination
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sound practical judgment
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logic
reasoned and reasonable judgment
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nous
common sense
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road sense
good judgment in avoiding trouble or accidents on the road
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type of:
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discernment, judgement, judgment, sagaciousness, sagacity
the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
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logic
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