jzaefferer/jquery-validation — pull request #722 by joshuahiggins (2013-04-11 20:50:43+00:00)
Title: Exposes the hideErrors method

Custom showErrors functions often required custom hideErrors functions. While the success method can be used to provide this, it creates a label on the page that may not be needed. This fills a hole that can be created by users who override jQuery Validate's showErrors functionality.