English

Verb

whitewashing

1. present participle of whitewash

Noun

whitewashing ‎(plural whitewashings)

1. The application of whitewash.
2. (figuratively) The effacement of errors or bad actions.
   • 2007 July 15, “The Nixonian Whitewash, Scrubbed”, in New York Times:

     The institution insulted history by peddling ludicrous whitewashings — describing the Watergate criminal conspiracy as a “coup” by Nixon’s political rivals fed by fake scoops purchased by the Woodstein investigative duo at The Washington Post.