1. whitewash - Noun
2. whitewash - Verb
Any wash or liquid composition for whitening something, as a wash for making the skin fair.
A composition of line and water, or of whiting size, and water, or the like, used for whitening walls, ceilings, etc.; milk of lime.
To apply a white liquid composition to; to whiten with whitewash.
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryTom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Thirty yards of board fence nine feet high. Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden. Mark Twain
For 338 paragraphs the Franks report painted a splendid picture, delineated the light and the shade, and the glowing colours in it, and when Franks got to paragraph 339 he got fed up with the canvas he was painting and chucked a bucket of whitewash over it. James Callaghan
It is no wonder that historians have chosen to hide, deny and whitewash the record here uncovered. Lloyd deMause
There can be no whitewash at the White House. Richard Nixon
People who are afraid of ideas whitewash Reagan like they whitewash Jesus. Sorry to break it to you, but the Reagan era did not consist of eight years of Reagan joking about his naps. Ann Coulter
Like a fence, character cannot be strengthened by whitewash. American Proverb