Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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profess | No | No | Yes | No |
own up | No | No | Yes | No |
profess (verb) | own up (verb) |
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practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about | admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error |
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 |