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whitewashesverbpresent tense third-person singular of whitewash to dismiss as of little importancerefused to whitewash the governor's chronic disregard for the truth blinks (at), brushes (aside or off), condones, discounts, disregards, excuses, forgives, glosses (over), glozes (over), ignores, overlooks, overpasses, papers over, pardons, passes over, remits, shrugs off, winks (at) explains, justifies, rationalizesabsolves, acquits, clears, exculpates, exonerates, vindicateswaives, waves (aside or off) closes one's eyes to, forgives and forgets heeds, marks, minds, notes, objects (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 deodorizes, excuses, explains away, extenuates, glosses (over), glozes (over), palliates sugarcoats, varnishesapologizes, atones, confessesaccounts (for), explains, justifies, rationalizesminimizes, plays down, soft-pedalsalleviates, eases, lessens, lightens, mitigates, moderates, softens, tempersabsolves, acquits, clears, exculpates, exonerates, vindicates |