Definitions for professing
The noun professing has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
(an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion; "a profession of disagreement")
The verb profess has 7 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
(practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; "She professes organic chemistry")
(confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to their country"; "he professes to be a Communist")
(admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money")
(state freely; "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades")
(receive into a religious order or congregation)
(take vows, as in religious order; "she professed herself as a nun")
(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")
