Usually means: Untruth told to avoid harm.
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  1. white lie: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. white lie: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. white lie: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. white lie: Collins English Dictionary
  5. white lie: Vocabulary.com
  6. white lie: Wordnik
  7. white lie: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. white lie: Wiktionary
  9. white lie: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. white lie: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. white lie: Dictionary.com
  12. White Lie (TV series), White Lie (film), White lie (disambiguation): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. white lie: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  15. White lie: World Wide Words
  16. white lie: Free Dictionary
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  18. white lie: Rhymezone

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  1. white lie: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (white lie)

noun:  (idiomatic) A deliberately untrue statement which is intended to produce a favorable result; especially, one which is judged to be better than an overhonest alternative, as for example to remain polite in a superficial social exchange, or to choose one's battles.

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