Canadian English Meaning of whitewashes
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whitewashes
a composition (as of lime and water or whiting, size, and water) for whitening structural surfaces, a mixture (as of lime and water) for whitening a surface, to portray (the past) in a way that increases the prominence, relevance, or impact of white people and minimizes or misrepresents that of nonwhite people, to alter (an original story) by casting a white performer in a role based on a nonwhite person or fictional character, a clearing or covering up of wrongdoing, an act or instance of glossing over or of exonerating, to gloss over or cover up (something, such as a record of criminal behavior), to clear of a charge of wrongdoing by offering excuses, hiding facts, or conducting a careless investigation, to whiten with whitewash, to explain away or cover up, to alter (something) in a way that favors, features, or caters to white people, a liquid composition for whitening a surface, a preparation for whitening the skin, a defeat in a contest in which the loser fails to score, to exonerate (someone) by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data, to prevent an opponent in a game or contest from scoring, to hold (an opponent) scoreless in a game or contest
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whitewashes
a composition (as of lime and water or whiting, size, and water) for whitening structural surfaces, a mixture (as of lime and water) for whitening a surface, to
overlooks,discounts,ignores,excuses,explains,glosses,pardon,passes over,remits,shrugs off
marks,minds,notes,heeds
whitens => white, whiteheads => Whiteheads, white-headed => White-headed, white-faced => White-faced, whitecaps => Whitecaps,
