From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
sapience
n : ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or
common sense and insight [syn: wisdom]