[{"word":"whitewashing","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To paint over with a lime and water mixture so as to brighten up a wall or fence.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The houses looked very bright when they whitewashed the whole neighborhood."},{"definition":"To cover over errors or bad actions.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":["blackwash"],"example":"In his sermon, the minister didn't try to whitewash over the sins of his church."},{"definition":"To repay the financial debts of (another person).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(late, 19th century) To prevent a team from scoring any runs.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"In various games, to defeat (an opponent) so that they fail to score, or to reach a certain point in the game; to skunk.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To make over (a person or character, a group, an event, etc) so that it is or seems more white, 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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":["blackwash"]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The application of whitewash.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The effacement of errors or bad actions.","synonyms":["whitewash"],"antonyms":["blackwashing"]},{"definition":"The revisionist portrayal of something as to over-favor the Caucasian/white populaces.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["whitewash"],"antonyms":["blackwashing"]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whitewash","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whitewashing"]}]