Lying can be a very had thing and cause people to lose a lot of good relationships. Many people have different definitions as to what a lie is. That can lead to many misunderstandings hurting both sides. A lie to me is when you stop a person from knowing the truth, whether its completely not the truth and is made up, or its a person's feelings,when they are wanting to know the actual truth. In my opinion that's how i classify if it is a lie or not. A lie has to be made up it can't be something that has happened. For me when i'm trying to define a lie this is always the first thing i go to because many people know that a lie can't be something that's happened. Every lie has to have something made up in it or not true otherwise it would be