a white lie

a lie that you tell in order not to upset someone I don't see the harm in telling the occasional white lie if it spares someone's feelings.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Everard	-	English (Rare)
Olivier	o-lee-VYE (French), O-lee-veer (Dutch)	French, Dutch
Hodel	-	Yiddish
Lempi	LEM-pee	Finnish
Frangag	-	Scottish
Katlego	-	Southern African, Tswana