whitewash

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score

Definition categories: event, defeat, licking

2. wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces

Definition categories: man–made, wash

3. a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects

Definition categories: act, clearing

verb

1. cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error

- Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin

Definition categories: perception, cover

2. cover with whitewash

- whitewash walls

Definition categories: contact, wash

3. exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data

Definition categories: communication, acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate

Sentences with whitewash as a verb:

- The houses looked very bright when they whitewashed the whole neighborhood.

- In his sermon, the minister didn't try to whitewash over the sins of his church.

- Hollywood, Don't You Dare Whitewash Stonewall