Related / Similar Words:
pretend, concede, confess Definition: state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine";confess one''s faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes to be a Communist";admit, make a clean breast of; "She confessed that she had taken the money";practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; "She professes organic chemistry";take vows, as in religious order; "she professed herself as a nun";receive into a religious order or congregation;state freely; "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades";
Hyponyms: take the veil Derivational Morphology:
profession, professing, confession, confessor
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