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 Definitions of white lie  [ɛd]  

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Definition of 'white lie' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) white lie
a minor or harmless lie; fib.

Etymology:  (1910–15, Amer.)

Definition of 'white lie' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) white lie
an unimportant lie (especially one told to be tactful or polite)


Translation of 'white lie' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a not very serious lie
I'd rather tell my mother a white lie than tell her the truth and upset her.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: witleuen Arabic flag Arabic: كِذْبَه بَيْضاء Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: благородна лъжа
Brazilian flag Brazilian: mentirinha Czech flag Czech: zbožná lež German flag German: die Notlüge
Danish flag Danish: hvid løgn Greek flag Greek: αθώο ψέμα Spanish flag Spanish: mentira piadosa
Estonian flag Estonian: hädavale Farsi flag Farsi: دروغ مصلحتی Finnish flag Finnish: valkoinen valhe
French flag French: pieux mensonge Hebrew flag Hebrew: שֶקֶר לָבָן Hindi flag Hindi: सफेद झूठ
Croatian flag Croatian: bijela laž Hungarian flag Hungarian: ártatlan füllentés Indonesian flag Indonesian: kebohongan kecil
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hvít lygi Italian flag Italian: (bugia innocente) Japanese flag Japanese: 罪のない嘘
Korean flag Korean: 악의 없는 거짓말 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nekaltas melas Latvian flag Latvian: nevainīgi (saudzējoši) me
Malay flag Malay: bohong sunat Dutch flag Dutch: onschuldige leugen Norwegian flag Norwegian: hvit løgn
Polish flag Polish: niewinne kłamstwo Persian flag Persian: دروغ مصلحتی Pashto flag Pashto: دروغ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: mentirinha Romanian flag Romanian: minciună nevinovată Russian flag Russian: ложь во спасение
Slovak flag Slovak: nevinná, milosrdná lož Slovenian flag Slovenian: nedolžna laž Serbian flag Serbian: bezazlene laži
Swedish flag Swedish: vit lögn Thai flag Thai: การโกหกที่ไม่มีอันตราย Turkish flag Turkish: zararsız yalan
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 善意的謊言 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: брехня задля порятунку Urdu flag Urdu: سفید جھوٹ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: lời nói dối có thể chấp n Chinese flag Chinese: 善意的谎言

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