GUMPTION

n. 25B6; noun (informal) INITIATIVE, resourcefulness, enterprise, ingenuity, imagination; astuteness, shrewdness, acumen, sense, common sense, wit, mother wit, native wit, practicality; spirit, backbone, pluck, mettle, nerve, courage; informal get-up-and-go, spunk, oomph, nous, savvy, horse sense; N. Amer. informal smarts.