gumption

Noun

• fortitude and determination
  • he didn't have the guts to try it
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  backbone , grit , guts , moxie , sand , common sense , good sense , horse sense , sense , mother wit