white lie

An untruth told to spare feelings or from politeness, as in She asked if I liked her dress, and of course I told a white lie. This term uses white in the sense of "harmless." [First half of 1700s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Terrell	['terəl]
Rashawn	rə-SHAWN, ray-SHAWN	African American (Modern)
Tatum	TA-təm	English (Modern)
Adlam	['ædləm]
Tibor	-	Hungarian, Czech, Slovak
Griffith	['grifiθ]