lie

Lie n : falsehood, fib, fabrication, made up story, falsity, made-up story, invention, piece of fiction, fiction, falsification, dissimulating, prevarication, departure from the truth.

Lie v : tell a lie, tell an untruth, tell a falsehood, prejure oneself, fib, tell a white lie, fabricate, invent/make up a story, falsify, dissemble, dissimulate, prevaricate, depart form the truth.

lies. not truths. antonyms.

Lying n : untruthfulness, fabrication, fibbing, perjury, white lies, falseness, falsity, dishonesty, mendacity, lack of veracity, deciet, guile, double-dealing.

why do people lie?
when they dont want to tell the truth.
when they dont want someone to know the truth. to know what is true.

Lying adj : untruthful, fabricating, false, dishonest, mendacious, deceitful, double-dealing, two-faced.

people lie. when they are afraid. afraid of the outcomes of telling the truth.
when they are afraid of someone  being judgemental towards themselves. afraid of someone's reactions, which might hold all the potential for being hostile.

but why tell something to a stranger, and then let the stranger find out that it was a lie?