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I think it's worth noting that English has a large range of words dealing with honesty, truth and lies. In its simplest form, a lie is simply not telling the truth. In common usage, it has a connotation of being dishonest with malicious intent. However, some of the words we use to characterize different kinds of lies, reveal our relationships to the truth and how telling/not telling the truth can be detrimental/beneficial given a wide variety of circumstances.