- Bring under one’s control - Rule over - Subdue - To subdue, and bring under the yoke of power or
dominion; to conquer by force, and compel to submit to the government
or absolute control of another; to vanquish.
- Contrite - Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses;
repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and
resolved on amendment of life. - Doing penance. - One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his
transgressions. - One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one
undergoing penance. - One under the direction of a confessor.