Deliberately lying involves not telling the truth knowing that what is said is false.
Deliberately is an adverb that is used to refer to what is done deliberately . This means that these are actions developed on purpose , with intention .
For example: “The defender deliberately pushed him, therefore the judge should have charged him ” , “Forgive me if I have offended you, I did not do it deliberately” , “The business owner deliberately closed the doors so that the employees could not leave ” .
Deliberately lying or hitting
Let's take the case of a journalist who is dedicated to providing information related to politics . This man may spread erroneous information by mistake, believing that he was communicating something true when, in reality, the situation was different. But he can also deliberately report things that are not true to protect the image of a political leader who pays him for this objective.
Suppose that the journalist states “This afternoon, when Representative The communicator knows that this never happened: however, he deliberately lies.
A footballer who, when jumping to head the ball, makes a sudden movement with one arm and hits an opponent, involuntarily injures him. On the other hand, if he jumps and hits his defender with his elbow so that he cannot challenge him for the ball, he will have deliberately hurt him.
When a footballer deliberately hits another player, he commits a foul.
Planning and intentionality
The fact that an act is deliberate or not, ultimately, has to do with the planning and intentionality of the subject. When something is done deliberately, a certain objective is pursued.
To understand this adverb more thoroughly, it is appropriate to refer to the verb from which it is derived: deliberate . This is defined as the action of "considering the pros and cons of the reasons why we might make a decision, before doing so, carefully and carefully."
The etymology of deliberately
Regarding the etymology of this term, we can say that its origin is found in the Latin verb deliberare , which is composed of the prefix de- (which gives the idea of a descending meaning, as can be seen in the words collapse and declare , which also contain it) and the verb librare (which can be translated as "regret").
In turn, we can say that this last verb comes from the word libra , from which we obtained a homonym in our language, which serves, for example, to designate the unit of weight . For the linguist and philologist Calvert Watkins , known especially for his book titled " How to Kill a Dragon ", this Latin word has an Indo-European root, where its meaning was "balance", and he believes that we can also find it in the term liter .
Therefore, if we analyze everything said regarding the origin of the word deliberately and the terms that precede it, we can understand that it is a way of acting that consists of "weighing" the potential consequences of an action or decision , looking at them "downwards," that is, from above, from a point where we can clearly consider all the pros and cons before moving forward.
A voluntary decision
Doing something deliberately involves a conscious and voluntary decision, which is why it is an action susceptible to punishment or penalties in the legal field, as well as reproaches if we are in friendship relationships, for example.
Throughout the deliberation, all points are evaluated to reach a verdict , either to present it to a group or to base a personal decision on it; Implicitly, when we act deliberately we believe we are being fair.