Definitions
1.verbTo paint over with a lime and water mixture so as to brighten up a wall or fence."The houses looked very bright when they whitewashed the whole neighborhood."
2.verbTo cover over errors or bad actions."In his sermon, the minister didn't try to whitewash over the sins of his church."
3.verbTo repay the financial debts of (another person).
4.verb(late, 19th century) To prevent a team from scoring any runs.
5.verbIn various games, to defeat (an opponent) so that they fail to score, or to reach a certain point in the game; to skunk.
6.verbTo make over (a person or character, a group, an event, etc) so that it is or seems more white, for example by applying makeup to a person, or by covering over the participation of people of color in an event and focusing on only white participation.
7.nounThe application of whitewash.
8.nounThe effacement of errors or bad actions.
9.nounThe revisionist portrayal of something as to over-favor the Caucasian/white populaces.