PROFESS

Definition

1. verb practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about.
2. verb confess one's faith in, or allegiance to.
3. verb admit (to a wrongdoing). — synonyms: concede, confess
4. verb state freely.
5. verb receive into a religious order or congregation.
6. verb take vows, as in religious order.
7. verb state insincerely. — synonyms: pretend