"white lie" meaning in All languages combined

See white lie on Wiktionary

Phrase [Englisch]

Audio: En-au-white lie.ogg Forms: the white lie [singular], the white lies [plural]
  1. Lüge, die aus Höflichkeit vor den Gefühlen des Belogenen gemacht wird
    Sense id: de-white_lie-en-phrase-gh1fAwlH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: Höflichkeitslüge [feminine] (Deutsch)
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