whitewash

A mixture of lime and water, often with whiting, size, or glue added, that is used to whiten walls, fences, or other structures.

Concealment or palliation of flaws or failures.

A defeat in a game in which the loser scores no points.

To paint or coat with whitewash.

To conceal or gloss over (wrongdoing, for example).

To defeat (an opponent) in a game in which the opponent does not score.

A wash or loose superficial deposit of white boulders and pebbles of quartz and sericite-schist which appears on the hillsides above the gold-bearing creeks of the Klondike and is itself auriferous. See the extract.

To cover with a white liquid composition, as with lime and water, etc.

To make white; give a fair external appearance to; attempt to clear from imputations; attempt to restore the reputation of.

To clear by a judicial process (an insolvent or bankrupt) of the debts he owes.