contrite person. [penitent], [repentant].
contrition, n. [penitence], [compunction], [remorse], attrition, self-reproach.
contrivance, n. contriving, devising; [device], expedient, [scheme], invention.
contrive, v. [devise], [concoct], invent, excogitate, [scheme], [plan].
control, v. [restrain], regulate, [govern], [manage], [repress], [direct], [bridle], [dominate].
control, n. [restraint], [repression], [check], [hindrance]; [domination], ascendency, [dominion], regulation, superintendence governance, [command], [mastery]. Antonyms: [unrestraint], [abandon], [subjection].
controller, n. [governor], regulator, [ruler]; comptroller.
controversial, a. [disputatious], polemical.
controversy, n. [dispute], [contention], disoutation, altercation polemics, logomachy.
convalescence, n. revalescence.