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How do you define lying? Here are some examples to consider, which you may or may not believe count as lies:
1. Saying something untrue sarcastically
2. Saying something true sarcastically, convincing others it's untrue
3. Dancing around a question to imply an untrue answer, while only saying true things
4. "I've got a school project and I need to ask you some questions" (both true, but implying a connection that doesn't exist)
In Wheel of Time, there's a group of people who have taken an oath to say no untrue words, but their oath does not prevent misleading others.
Someone expects to be asked "where are you traveling from" when they reach their destination. In order to avoid answering with their origin, they take a detour to another location, so they can truthfully state they traveled to their destination from that other place.
Having made the detour, is it a lie to say that's where they came from?
@3geek14 I thing it always depends on intention, if you want the other one to believe something you know it's untrue, then it is lying. But as with almost everything, there is a spectrum: it is not the same degree when you state something untrue than when you state truths to make the other one believe an untrue fact.