professing

Noun

Meaning

of Profess

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

profession state claim maintain holding affect declare accepting assert announce asserting affirm concede confess proclaim

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Antonyms

fight combat dispute counter contest deny

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Hypernyms

affirmation avowal avouchment

Phrases with the word

the practice or art of professing to revealfuture events in the life of another

Examples

But it is necessary to the happiness of man, that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. Thomas Paine

Thee will find out in time that I have a great love of professing vile sentiments, I don't know why, unless it springs from long efforts to avoid priggery. Bertrand Russell

Live truth instead of professing it. Elbert Hubbard

Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death. Taylor Caldwell

I'm still going to make mistakes, but I don't have any problems with publicly professing my faith now. It just took me a long time to get to the right place in my relationship with Christ. Scott Stapp

Jesus isn't a logo, I'm not promoting some company, some brand. I'm just professing my faith. Stephen Baldwin

Close letter words and terms

professable professed professedly profession profession of faith profession skill