whitewash

Noun

• a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects

• wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces

• a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score

Verb

• exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data

• cover with whitewash
  • whitewash walls
    

• cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
  • Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin
    
  • She tried to gloss over her mistakes
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  gloss over , sleek over , hush up