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whitewashing

verb , present participle of whitewash

Synonyms and Antonyms of whitewashing

1 to dismiss as of little importance

refused to whitewash the governor's chronic disregard for the truth

Synonyms of whitewashing

blinking (at), brushing (aside or off), condoning, discounting, disregarding, excusing, forgiving, glossing (over), glozing (over), ignoring, overlooking, overpassing, papering over, pardoning, passing over, remitting, shrugging off, winking (at)

Words Related to whitewashing

explaining, justifying, rationalizing

absolving, acquitting, clearing, exculpating, exonerating, vindicating

waiving, waving (aside or off)

Phrases Synonymous with whitewashing

closing one's eyes to, forgiving and forgetting

Near Antonyms of whitewashing

heeding, marking, minding, noting, objecting (to)

2 to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses

don't try to whitewash your rudeness by claiming that you were having a bad day

Synonyms of whitewashing

deodorizing, excusing, explaining away, extenuating, glossing (over), glozing (over), palliating

Words Related to whitewashing

sugarcoating, varnishing

apologizing, atoning, confessing

accounting (for), explaining, justifying, rationalizing

minimizing, playing down, soft-pedaling

alleviating, easing, lessening, lightening, mitigating, moderating, softening, tempering

absolving, acquitting, clearing, exculpating, exonerating, vindicating

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