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Originally Posted by HOZ
No you are nuancing 2 words; a Noun into a verb.
#5 Definition into #3.
Facts were wrong = they are a lie(noun form). It doesn't in any way mean Bush was lying(verb form).
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Definition #6 "to express what is false, convey a false impression" is the verb version of definition #3, if you had bothered to look. However, you asked me what I meant by "unwitting lie", which is the NOUN form, and I just ignored
your transformation of it into a verb in your question, assuming you'd understand that the noun and the verb are different forms of the same concept so that yes, if I am telling a lie, I am lying. It seems, however, you have an issue with this idea, and I can only wonder if you have a career in politics in your future, as you already seem to have a grasp on the critical skill of defining words as you want them to mean, as opposed to what they actually mean.
You obviously believe a lie must contain some element of conscious deception, but that is
your definition, and only one of the commonly accepted definitions. That claim might even fall into the realm of being a false assertation...