make a clean breast of vs profess

make a clean breast of and profess both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
make a clean breast of	No	No	Yes	No
profess	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, profess is a hypernym of make a clean breast of; that is, profess is a word with a broader meaning than make a clean breast of:

make a clean breast of: admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
profess: admit (to a wrongdoing)

Other hypernyms of make a clean breast of include concede, confess.

make a clean breast of (verb)	profess (verb)
admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error	practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
	take vows, as in religious order
	admit (to a wrongdoing)
	confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
	state insincerely
	receive into a religious order or congregation
	state freely

make a clean breast of vs profess

make a clean breast of and profess both are verbs.

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