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
Raquel	rah-KEL (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese, English
RandÚLfr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Luana	loo-AN-ə (English), loo-AH-nah (Italian)	English, Italian, Portuguese
Ferne	FURN	English
Stacy	STAY-see	English
Lennart	LE-nahrt (Low German)	Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Low German, Dutch