noun
mental ability
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he's got plenty of brains but no common sense
• Syn: ↑brain, ↑brainpower, ↑learning ability, ↑mentality, ↑wit
• Hypernyms: ↑intelligence
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noun or mental competence1. : sufficient understanding and memory to comprehend in a general way the situation in which one finds himself and the nature, purpose, and consequence of any act or transaction into which one proposes to enter
2. : the degree of understanding and memory the law requires to uphold the validity of or to charge one with responsibility for a particular act or transaction
mental capacity to commit crime requires the accused to know right from wrong
Useful english dictionary. 2012.