meaning of whitewash
1. Any wash or liquid composition for whitening something, as a wash for making the skin fair.
2. A composition of line and water, or of whiting size, and water, or the like, used for whitening walls, ceilings, etc. ; milk of lime.
3. To apply a white liquid composition to; to whiten with whitewash.
4. 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.
5. a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects
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