Claim (7)

'claim' is the definition.
(I know that profess is a more specific form of the action claim)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for profess that I've seen before include "Declare openly" , "Claim or declare" , "Affirm, acknowledge" , "Affirm faith in (religion)" , "State insincerely" .)
'claim' is the definition.
(I know that contend is a more specific form of the action claim)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for contend that I've seen before include "Struggle; assert" , "Tend NCO (anag.)" , "Struggle in rivalry" , "Compete; deal (with)" , "Struggle (with someone)" .)
'claim' is the definition.
(I know that purport is a more specific form of the action claim)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for purport that I've seen before include "Spirit" , "Intended meaning" , "Meaning, substance" , "Seem or claim (to be)" , "Pretend; meaning" .)
'claim' is the definition.
(to allege something is to make a claim)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for allege that I've seen before include "State as a fact without proof" , "Make a claim without proof" , "Declare without actual proof" , "Aver - maintain" , "Claim, suggest" .)
'claim' is the definition.
(I know that claim is a more specific form of the action assert)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for assert that I've seen before include "Declare, profess" , "protest" , "Declare, claim" , "Aver, maintain" , "State firmly, declare as true" .)
'claim' is the definition.
(I know that demand is a more specific form of the action claim)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for demand that I've seen before include "Request made emphatically as by right" , "Requisition" , "Insistent request" , "Madden (anag)" , "Forceful request" .)
'claim' is the definition.
(aver means to state or claim something)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for aver that I've seen before include "State decisively" , "To declare or affirm solemnly as true" , "State firmly, propound" , "State firmly - don't rave" , "State firmly, maybe rave" .)
'claim' is the definition.
(to maintain is to continue to claim something)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for maintain that I've seen before include "finance" , "Keep in good order" , "Keep in safety and protect from harm and decay" , "Take the view or keep up repairs" , "Keep going" .)
'claim' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for right that I've seen before include "Properly" , "It's what you deserve" , "Accurate" , "Morally good, justifiable or acceptable" , "ideal" .)
'claim' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for assertion that I've seen before include "Confident declaration" , "Claim" , "Emphatic declaration" , "Confident statement of fact" , "Notarises (anag)" .)