'Whitewashing' definitions:
Definition of 'Whitewashing'
From: GCIDE
- Whitewash \White"wash`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whitewashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Whitewashing.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To apply a white liquid composition to; to whiten with whitewash. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make white; to give a fair external appearance to; to clear from imputations or disgrace; hence, to clear (a bankrupt) from obligation to pay debts. [1913 Webster]
- 3. In various games, to defeat (an opponent) so that he fails to score, or to reach a certain point in the game; to skunk. [Colloq., U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 4. to gloss over or cover up (crimes or misfeasance). [PJC]
Synonyms of 'whitewashing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- albification,
- allowance,
- blanching,
- bleaching,
- calcimining,
- clobbering,
- coating,
- color,
- covering,
- crushing defeat,
- decisive defeat,
- decontamination,
- enameling,
- etiolation,
- extenuating circumstances,
- extenuation,
- extenuative,
- fresco,
- frosting,
- gilding,
- glazing,
- gloss,
- glossing,
- grizzling,
- japanning,
- mitigation,
- no contest,
- overwhelming defeat,
- painting,
- palliation,
- palliative,
- pasting,
- priming,
- qualification,
- shellacking,
- silvering,
- smashing defeat,
- smearing,
- softening,
- staining,
- stippling,
- total defeat,
- undercoating,
- utter defeat,
- varnish,
- varnishing,
- whitening,
- whitewash,
- whopping