whitewashing

whitewash +‎ -ing

whitewashing

1. present participle of whitewash

whitewashing (plural whitewashings)

1. The application of whitewash.
2. (figuratively) The effacement of errors or bad actions.
   • 2007 July 15, “The Nixonian Whitewash, Scrubbed”, in New York Times‎:

     The institution insulted history by peddling ludicrous whitewashings — describing the Watergate criminal conspiracy as a “coup” by Nixon’s political rivals fed by fake scoops purchased by the Woodstein investigative duo at The Washington Post.

3. (derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as to over-favor the Caucasian/white populaces.

• (effacement): blackwashing