whitewashing

whitewashing
Synonyms and related words:
albification, allowance, blanching, bleaching, calcimining, clobbering, coating, color, covering, crushing defeat, decisive defeat, decontamination, enameling, etiolation, extenuating circumstances, extenuation, extenuative, fresco, frosting, gilding, glazing, gloss, glossing, grizzling, japanning, mitigation, no contest, overwhelming defeat, painting, palliation, palliative, pasting, priming, qualification, shellacking, silvering, smashing defeat, smearing, softening, staining, stippling, total defeat, undercoating, utter defeat, varnish, varnishing, whitening, whitewash, whopping

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  • Whitewashing — Whitewash White wash , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whitewashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whitewashing}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To apply a white liquid composition to; to whiten with whitewash. [1913 Webster] 2. To make white; to give a fair external appearance to; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • whitewashing — noun Date: 1663 an act or instance of applying whitewash; also whitewash 3 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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