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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gumption \Gump"tion\, n. [OE. gom, gome, attention; akin to AS ge['o]mian, gyman, to regard, observe, gyme care OS gomean to heed, Goth. gaumjan to see notice.] 1. Capacity; shrewdness; common sense [Colloq.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gumption n 1: sound practical judgment; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples" [syn: {common sense}, {good sense}, {horse sense}, {sense}, {mother wit}] 2: (informal) fortitude; "he didn't have the guts to try it" [syn: {backbone}, {grit}, {guts}, {sand}]
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