A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
Whatever is thrown back in its course, such as water.
To plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring.
The effacement of errors or bad actions.
The application of whitewash.
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.