whitewashing

Meanings

Noun

• The application of whitewash.
• The effacement of errors or bad actions.
• The process of whitewashing, of making over (a person or character, a group, an event, etc) so that it is or seems more white (Caucasian), 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.

Verb

• Present participle of whitewash

Origin

• whitewash + -ing