noun : WHITEWASH
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score ;
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2. (
) wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces ;
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3. (
) a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects ;
verb : WHITEWASH
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes" ;
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2. (
) cover with whitewash; "whitewash walls" ;
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3. (
) exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data ;
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