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1. Coated with whitewash
   "miles of whitewashed fences"

1. Cover up a misdemeanour, fault, or error
   "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin";
   - gloss over, sleek over, hush up
    
2. Cover with whitewash
   "whitewash walls"
    
3. Exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data

See also: painted

Type of: acquit, assoil [archaic], clear, cover, cover up, discharge, exculpate, exonerate, paper over, wash

Encyclopedia: Whitewashed