WHITE LIE
\wˈa͡ɪt lˈa͡ɪ], \wˈaɪt lˈaɪ], \w_ˈaɪ_t l_ˈaɪ]\
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A lie for which some kind of excuse can be offered: a false statement made in the interest of peace, reconciliation, harmless sport, or the like: a harmless or non-malicious falsehood. "I wish that word 'fib' was out of the English language; and white-lie drummed out after it."-Miss Edgeworth.
By Daniel Lyons
