profess

(v) practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
- She professes organic chemistry
(v) confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
- The terrorists professed allegiance to their country
- he professes to be a Communist
(v) admit (to a wrongdoing)
- She confessed that she had taken the money
concede, confess,
(v) state freely
- The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades
(v) receive into a religious order or congregation
(v) take vows, as in religious order
- she professed herself as a nun
(v) 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
pretend,

concede confess pretend

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