whitelist

[ wahyt-list, hwahyt- ]

/ ˈwaɪtˌlɪst, ˈʰwaɪt- /

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noun Also white list .

a list of novels, motion pictures, etc., deemed suitable for juveniles, members of a particular faith, or other specified groups of individuals.

a list of people thought by a business concern to be qualified or otherwise suitable for employment.

a list of business establishments approved for patronage because of hiring practices, religious or political affiliations, etc.

a list kept by a labor union, containing the names of employers who maintain working conditions approved by the union.

a list of individuals, organizations, etc., having security clearance from government officials.

Digital Technology.

a list of email addresses or web addresses that are allowed to pass through a spam filter: The company sent a reminder to their shoppers to add the new-orders email to their whitelist, or else receipts could be snagged by the spam filter.
a list of trusted software programs allowed to access a device or operating system: The antivirus program can’t fully protect your computer if you keep overriding it to add apps to its whitelist.

a list of places to or from which one may travel without restriction: a whitelist where tourists are permitted entry without mandatory quarantine.

verb (used with object) Also white-list .

to put on a whitelist.

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Compare blacklist.

Origin of whitelist

First recorded in 1905–10; white + list¹, modeled on blacklist

How to use whitelist in a sentence

As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
In Defense of Blasphemy|Michael Tomasky|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The breakdown of the 114th Congress is 80 percent white, 80 percent male, and 92 percent Christian.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Congress|Dean Obeidallah|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
If Congress accurately reflected our nation on the basis of race, about 63 percent would be white, not 80 percent.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Congress|Dean Obeidallah|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
There were rumors of shrieks and flashes emanating from the well, and reports of a figure in white.
New York’s Most Tragic Ghost Loves Minimalist Swedish Fashion|Nina Strochlic|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The FBI raided his home in 2000 with an affidavit questioning his use of $200,000 from his white supremacist fundraising.
The Price of Steve Scalise’s Silence|Jason Berry|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And she would be wearing some of the jewels with the white dress—just a few, not many, of course.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
None other would dare to show herself unveiled to a stranger, and a white man at that.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
One would not have wanted her white neck a mite less full or her beautiful arms more slender.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
He gives a list of the sponsors of the baptized Indians, who included many of the French nobility and clergy.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
That evening in the gondola, with one old and two newer friends, is marked with a white stone in my recollection.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley

British Dictionary definitions for whitelist

white list

noun

a list of countries considered to pose an insignificant threat to human rights, from which applications for political asylum are presumed to be unfounded

computing

a list of websites considered to have inoffensive and acceptable content
a list of e-mail addresses from which a computer will accept mail

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