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Definition of: whitewash

(hwītwosh′, -wôsh′) noun
1. A mixture of slaked limé and water, sometimes with salt, whiting, and glue added, used for whitening walls, etc.
2. A toilet preparation for whitening the skin.
3. Figuratively, a report falsely ascribing virtues, suppressing adverse evidence, etc.
4. A failure to score in a game.
v.t.

1. To coat with whitewash.
2. To gloss over; hide.
3. Colloq. In sports, to defeat without allowing the losing side to score. See synonyms under BLEACH.
—white′wash
er noun

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"whitewash" has the frequency of use of 0.0001% on en.wikipedia.org.

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