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What is a white lie?

What is a white lie? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (idiomatic) A deliberate, untrue statement which is intended to produce a favorable result.
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A little white lie might have enabled him to achieve his dream last season.
I clearly remember my mother saying that sometimes it's kinder to tell a white lie than to tell the truth.
If they ask, you could always tell a little white lie and say you were doing, I dunno, tai chi or something.
Meagan knew better than to lie, but a little white lie never hurt anybody.
His idea is appropriately called polite blocking, and it works something like a little white lie.
Of course they didn't believe it but sometimes you have to tell a little white lie.

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