| confess | (verb) confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure | Synonyms: fink, squeal |
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| (verb) admit (to a wrongdoing) | Synonyms: concede, profess |
| (verb) confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith | - |
| confessedly | (adverb) as acknowledged | Synonyms: admittedly, avowedly, true |
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| confession | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution | - |
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| (noun) an admission of misdeeds or faults | - |
| (noun) a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party | - |
| (noun) a public declaration of your faith | - |
| (noun) the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century) | - |
| confessional | (noun) a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions | - |
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| confessor | (noun) a priest who hears confession and gives absolution | - |
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| (noun) someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to themselves) | - |
| fess | (noun) (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield | Synonyms: fesse |
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| fesse | (noun) (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield | Synonyms: fess |
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| nonprofessional | (adjective) not professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gain | - |
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| paraprofessional | (noun) a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional | - |
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| profess | (verb) practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about | - |
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| (verb) take vows, as in religious order | - |
| (verb) admit (to a wrongdoing) | Synonyms: concede, confess |
| (verb) confess one's faith in, or allegiance to | - |
| (verb) state insincerely | Synonyms: pretend |
| (verb) receive into a religious order or congregation | - |
| (verb) state freely | - |
| professed | (adjective) openly declared as such | Synonyms: avowed |
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| (adjective) professing to be qualified | - |
| (adjective) claimed with intent to deceive | - |
| professedly | (adverb) with pretense or intention to deceive | - |
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| (adverb) by open declaration | Synonyms: avowedly |
| professing | (noun) an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion | Synonyms: profession |
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| profession | (noun) an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences) | - |
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| (noun) an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion | Synonyms: professing |
| (noun) affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith | - |
| (noun) the body of people in a learned occupation | - |
| professional | (adjective) engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood | - |
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| (adjective) characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to a profession | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to or suitable as a profession | - |
| (adjective) engaged in by members of a profession | - |
| (noun) a person engaged in one of the learned professions | Synonyms: professional person |
| (noun) an authority qualified to teach apprentices | Synonyms: master |
| (noun) an athlete who plays for pay | Synonyms: pro |
| professionalisation | (noun) the social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood | Synonyms: professionalization |
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| professionalise | (verb) make professional or give a professional character to | Synonyms: professionalize |
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| (verb) become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood | Synonyms: professionalize |
| professionalism | (noun) the expertness characteristic of a professional person | - |
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| professionalization | (noun) the social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood | Synonyms: professionalisation |
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| professionalize | (verb) make professional or give a professional character to | Synonyms: professionalise |
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| (verb) become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood | Synonyms: professionalise |
| professionally | (adverb) in a professional manner | - |
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| professor | (noun) someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university | Synonyms: prof |
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| professorial | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of professors | - |
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| professorially | (adverb) in a professorial manner | - |
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| professorship | (noun) the position of professor | Synonyms: chair |
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| semiprofessional | (noun) an athlete who plays for pay on a part-time basis | Synonyms: semipro |
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| unconfessed | (adjective) not admitted | - |
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| (noun) people who have not confessed | - |
| unprofessional | (adjective) not characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession | - |
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