whitewashes

Noun

• a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
• wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces
• a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects
• plural of whitewash

Verb

• cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
• cover with whitewash
• exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data
• third-person singular simple present indicative of whitewash

Synonyms

gloss over, hush up, sleek over, whitewash