white lie

Alternative forms

 * little white lie

Noun

 * 1)  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.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian: благоро́дна лъжа́
 * Catalan: mentida inofensiva
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 善意的謊言, 白色謊言
 * Danish: hvid løgn
 * Dutch: leugen om bestwil
 * Finnish: valkoinen valhe
 * French: ,
 * German: soziale Lüge,
 * Hungarian: kegyes hazugság
 * Italian: bugia bianca, bugia pietosa, bugia a fin di bene
 * Japanese: 悪意のない嘘, 罪のない嘘
 * Latin: pia fraus
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: mentira branca,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: mentirilla,, mentira piadosa
 * Swedish: vit lögn
 * Turkish: beyaz yalan