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Entry 5 senses Webster, 1913

Gumption

/gŭm'-pshən/ · Gump·tion · IPA /ˈɡʌmpʃən/
01 n. Capacity; shrewdness; common sense.
  1. 1.
    Capacity; shrewdness; common sense.[Colloq.]
    “One does not have gumption till one has been properly cheated.” — Lord Lytton.
  2. 2.
    The art of preparing colors.(Paint.)
  3. 3.
    Megilp.
  4. 4.
    initiative; resourcefulness.
  5. 5.
    Courage; guts.