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What (who) is white lie - definition

INTENTIONALLY FALSE STATEMENT TO A PERSON OR GROUP MADE BY ANOTHER PERSON OR GROUP
White lie; White Lie; Dissembling; Dissemble; Patent untruth; Lie of omission; Fibbing; Polite lie; Compound lie; Lying by omission; Behavioral signals of lying; Porky pie; Untruth; Fibster; Liar; Barefaced lie; Butler lie; Contextual lie; Emergency lie; Fabrication (lie); Fib (lie); Lying through your teeth; Lying in trade; Jocose lie; Haystack answer; Lie by omission; Communication of falsehood; Bold-faced lie; Bald-faced lie; Lying; Lying liar; Fibbed; Religious views on lying
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  • Portrait bust]] of Aristotle made by [[Lysippos]]
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  • ''St. Augustine'' by [[Carlo Crivelli]]
  • Darius I, imagined by a Greek painter, fourth century BCE
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  • A [[Torah scroll]] recovered from [[Glockengasse Synagogue]] in [[Cologne]]
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white lie         
¦ noun a harmless lie told to avoid hurting someone's feelings.
white lie         
(white lies)
If you refer to an untrue statement as a white lie, you mean that it is made to avoid hurting someone's feelings or to avoid trouble, and not for an evil purpose.
N-COUNT
untruth         
n. to tell an untruth

Wikipedia

Lie

A lie is an assertion that is believed to be false, typically used with the purpose of deceiving or misleading someone. The practice of communicating lies is called lying. A person who communicates a lie may be termed a liar. Lies can be interpreted as deliberately false statements or misleading statements. Lies may also serve a variety of instrumental, interpersonal, or psychological functions for the individuals who use them.

Generally, the term "lie" carries a negative connotation, and depending on the context a person who communicates a lie may be subject to social, legal, religious, or criminal sanctions; for instance, perjury, or the act of lying under oath, can result in criminal and civil charges being pressed against the perjurer.

Although people in many cultures believe that deception can be detected by observing nonverbal behaviors (e.g. not making eye contact, fidgeting, stuttering) research indicates that people overestimate both the significance of such cues and their ability to make accurate judgements about deception. More generally, people's ability to make true judgments is affected by biases towards accepting incoming information and interpreting feelings as evidence of truth. People do not always check incoming assertions against their memory.

Examples of use of white lie
1. I was perfectly fine and merely telling a little white lie, but the aromatherapist did not know this and was quite willing to sell me $10 of lavender.
2. Garside simply shrugged it off as a ‘white lie‘. It is the subsequent run from Delhi, through China, Japan, Australia, South America, North America, Africa, southern Europe, the Middle East and back to India which has been verified by Guinness.
3. So the next time you call in sick –– whether you have the flu or a desire to stay in your pajamas until noon –– you can decide if you want to tell the truth or a little white lie.
4. In California, a Santa Barbara winery produces White Lie, a "light" chardonnay with 10 per cent alcohol, compared with the standard 14 per cent, while Cleavage Creek Cellars‘ labels feature abundantly endowed pin–ups.
5. White lie: Stephen Ireland lied to protect his girlfriend, who suffered a miscarriage A statement was issued saying the Manchester City player‘s maternal grandmother Patricia Tallon, who had raised him since he was five, had passed away.