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White Lie

nounid 158885·updated May 18, 2026
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an unimportant lie, especially one told to be tactful or polite

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Variants

plural
White Lies
possessive
White Lie's
pluralpossessive
White Lies'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
§1
an unimportant lie, especially one told to be tactful or polite
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
an unimportant lie, especially one told to be tactful or polite
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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