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whitewashedverbpast tense of whitewash to dismiss as of little importancerefused to whitewash the governor's chronic disregard for the truth blinked (at), brushed (aside or off), condoned, discounted, disregarded, excused, forgave, glossed (over), glozed (over), ignored, overlooked, overpassed, papered over, pardoned, passed over, remitted, shrugged off, winked (at) explained, justified, rationalizedabsolved, acquitted, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicatedwaived, waved (aside or off) closed one's eyes to, forgave and forgot heeded, marked, minded, noted, objected (to) to make (something) seem less bad by offering excusesdon't try to whitewash your rudeness by claiming that you were having a bad day deodorized, excused, explained away, extenuated, glossed (over), glozed (over), palliated sugarcoated, varnishedapologized, atoned, confessedaccounted (for), explained, justified, rationalizedminimized, played down, soft-pedaledalleviated, eased, lessened, lightened, mitigated, moderated, softened, temperedabsolved, acquitted, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated |