1. (verb) admit (to a wrongdoing)

• concede
• confess

2. (verb) state insincerely

• pretend

1. (verb) practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about

• claim

2. (verb) confess one's faith in, or allegiance to

• declare

3. (verb) admit (to a wrongdoing)

• acknowledge
• admit

4. (verb) state freely

• declare

5. (verb) receive into a religious order or congregation

• accept
• admit
• take
• take on

6. (verb) take vows, as in religious order

• vow

7. (verb) state insincerely

• claim

1. (verb) admit (to a wrongdoing)

• fess up
• make a clean breast of
• own up

2. (verb) take vows, as in religious order

• take the veil

1. (verb) confess one's faith in, or allegiance to

• professing
• profession

2. (verb) admit (to a wrongdoing)

• confession
• confession
• confessor
• professing
• profession

3. (verb) take vows, as in religious order

• profession