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Profession

The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith.

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Affirmation 76% connected

Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law.

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Avouchment 76% connected

The act of avouching; positive declaration.

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Avowal 76% connected

An open declaration; frank acknowledgment; as, an avowal of such principles.

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Business 76% connected

That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or…

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Job 76% connected

A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Occupation 76% connected

The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use;…

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Vocation 76% connected

A call; a summons; a citation; especially, a designation or appointment to a particular state, business, or profession.

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Architecture 76% connected

The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- o…

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Bar 76% connected

A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

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Education 76% connected

The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act o…

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Engineering 76% connected

of Engineer

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Journalism 76% connected

The keeping of a journal or diary.

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Literature 76% connected

Learning; acquaintance with letters or books.

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Politics 76% connected

The science of government; that part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state, the preservation of its safet…

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Priesthood 76% connected

The office or character of a priest; the priestly function.

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Profess 74% connected

To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge, belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess publicly; to own or admit freely.

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Profess 74% connected

To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge, belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess publicly; to own or admit freely.

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Synonym 1

Professing 92% connected

of Profess

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