0 the ability to decide what is the best thing to do in a particular situation, and to do it with energy and determination: --
1 the strong will and determination to do something: --
He does not need gumption at all.
He had the gumption to go to the bank, get the money and do it.
Councillors with any gumption must surely be allowed the opportunity to have more flexibility than that.
If she has a reasonable amount of gumption and finds the bedroom intolerable, she can ask for something better.
They have wide interests and, above all, they have a remarkable degree of guts and gumption.
It would not matter if there were an ounce of gumption.
Any young person with the slightest gumption enjoys the idea of experimenting with whatever is forbidden.
They do not have the guts or the gumption to do that.
