Lie and Setting

Lie

Lie verb - To make a statement one knows to be untrue.

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Setting and lie are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Setting" with "Lie", this verbs are similar.

Nearby Word: lied

Setting noun - The circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded.

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Lie and setting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lie" instead a verb "Setting".

Nearby Words: set, settling, setter

old	old lie	old setting
good	good lie	good setting
particular	particular lie	particular setting
similar	similar lie	similar setting
Other adjectives: complete, standard, original, initial, single, actual, new, major, possible, titular.

The downside is that every lie they tell moves them closer to believing that anything they say must be true, at which point they Fall and become the setting's demonic Liar Liars, Balseraphs.

Source: Living Lie Detector
During Blood's dream of killing all his students, he tells Gadjo that "the pie was a lie" before setting him on fire.

Source: Fan Fic / A Shadow of the Titans
Note, the reason vermin are bad — they lie, steal and murder — makes no sense in a real world setting.

Source: Anvilicious / Literature

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