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The definition of gumption is determination and courage.

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When you are the only one who has the courage to speak up and tell your boss that the new reporting system is ineffective and costing people too much time and money, this is an example of gumption.

See gumption in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Obsolete shrewdness in practical matters; common sense
courage and initiative; enterprise and boldness

Origin: < Scot dial. < ? ME gome, attention (< ON gaumr), with playful Latinate suffix

See gumption in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Informal

Boldness of enterprise; initiative or aggressiveness.
Guts; spunk.
Common sense.

Origin:

Origin: Scots

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