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Synonyms for whitewash

verb

  1. To cover with a lime wash

    paint, whiten, calcimine, paint white, apply a white coating, wash.

  2. *To give the appearance of innocence

    varnish, gloss over, cover up, veneer, conceal the facts of, play down, rationalize; see also excuse.

    Antonyms implicate*, accuse, blame.

See whitewash in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

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