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white lie

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white lie
n.
An often trivial, diplomatic or well-intentioned untruth.
white lie
n
a minor or unimportant lie, esp one uttered in the interests of tact or politeness
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Noun1.white lie - an unimportant lie (especially one told to be tactful or polite)
lie, prevarication - a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
Translations
white lie n → bugia pietosa, bugia innocua
white lie n → bugia pietosa, bugia innocua


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She thought she had a good deal of the coquette in her, and I 've no doubt that with time and training she would have become a very dangerous little person, but now she was far too transparent and straightforward by nature even to tell a white lie cleverly.
An Old-Fashioned Girl by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
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