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Profess — synonyms, definition

1. profess (Verb)

25 synonyms
admit advance affirm allege allow assert aver claim concede confess declare defend express have imply indicate intend maintain own pledge • • •
7 definitions

profess (Verb) — Practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about. ex. "She professes organic chemistry"

profess (Verb) — Confess one's faith in, or allegiance to. ex. "The terrorists professed allegiance to their country" ex. "he professes to be a Communist"

profess (Verb) — Admit (to a wrongdoing). ex. "She professed that she had taken the money"

profess (Verb) — State freely. ex. "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"

profess (Verb) — Receive into a religious order or congregation.

profess (Verb) — Take vows, as in religious order. ex. "she professed herself as a nun"

profess (Verb) — State insincerely. ex. "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"

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accept acknowledge admit claim declare pronounce take take on vow
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come clean cop cop to fess fess up make a clean breast of own own up take the veil