it's better to ask forgiveness than permission
It is better to act decisively and apologize for it later than to seek approval to act and risk delay, objections, etc.
noun
The action of forgiving.
He begged for forgiveness after being caught stealing from the shop.
At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness.
A readiness to forgive.
If thou, Lord, shouldest marke iniquities: O Lord, who shal stand? But there is forgiuenesse with thee: that thou mayest be feared.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.