profession
noun
[ prəˈfɛʃ(ə)n ]
• a paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification.
• "his chosen profession of teaching"
Similar:
career,
occupation,
calling,
vocation,
line of work,
line of employment,
line,
métier,
business,
trade,
craft,
walk of life,
sphere,
job,
day job,
position,
way,
racket,
employ,
• an act of declaring that one has a particular feeling or quality, especially when this is not the case.
• "his profession of delight rang hollow"
Similar:
declaration,
affirmation,
statement,
announcement,
proclamation,
assertion,
avowal,
vow,
claim,
allegation,
protestation,
acknowledgement,
admission,
confession,
asseveration,
averment,
• a declaration of belief in a religion.
• "a profession of faith in Jesus Christ"
Origin:
Middle English (denoting the vow made on entering a religious order): via Old French from Latin professio(n- ), from profiteri ‘declare publicly’ (see profess). profession (sense 1) derives from the notion of an occupation that one ‘professes’ to be skilled in.
