sapience n 1: ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight [syn: {wisdom}, {sapience}]
Sapience \Sa"pi*ence\, n. [L. sapientia: cf. F. sapience. See {Sapient}..] The quality of being sapient; wisdom; sageness; knowledge. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] Woman, if I might sit beside your feet, And glean your scattered sapience. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]