professing

Noun

• an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion

Verb

• practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
• confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
• admit (to a wrongdoing)
• state freely
• receive into a religious order or congregation
• take vows, as in religious order
• state insincerely
• present participle and gerund of profess

Synonyms

concede, confess, pretend, profess, profession