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:
Alas, we do not seem to have the will or the gumption to go forward and to do what we should be doing.
He or she should have the nous, gumption and ability to make decisions for himself or herself.
You do not have the gumption to do what has to be done, either in the streets or in the courts.
If one is going to bribe people, one should at least have the gumption to pay the whole bribe.
Many with gumption and intelligence will simply not wait that long.
He has not the guts or the gumption to come down here.
It is on the side of the one-side disarmers in this debate, and it should have the gumption to say so.
They do not have the guts or the gumption to do that.
