Definitions of whitewash on the Web: (see "Audit III")
- cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes"
- a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
- cover with whitewash; "whitewash walls"
- wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces
- exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data
- a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects
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