Definitions of whitewash
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wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfacestype of:washa thin coat of water-base paint
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a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defectstype of:clearingthe act of freeing from suspicion
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cover with whitewash
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cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or errorsynonyms: gloss over, hush up, sleek over
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exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data
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a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
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