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Whitewashing

To paint over with a lime and water mixture so as to brighten up a wall or fence.

📖 Definitions of "Whitewashing"

verb

1
To paint over with a lime and water mixture so as to brighten up a wall or fence.
"The houses looked very bright when they whitewashed the whole neighborhood."
2
To cover over errors or bad actions.
"In his sermon, the minister didn't try to whitewash over the sins of his church."
3
To repay the financial debts of (another person).
4
(late, 19th century) To prevent a team from scoring any runs.

noun

1
The application of whitewash.
2
The effacement of errors or bad actions.
3
The revisionist portrayal of something as to over-favor the Caucasian/white populaces.

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