Definitions for: Friendship


[n] the state of being friends



Webster (1913) Definition: Friend"ship, n. [AS. fre['o]ndscipe. See Friend,
and -ship.]
1. The state of being friends; friendly relation, or
attachment, to a person, or between persons; affection
arising from mutual esteem and good will; friendliness;
amity; good will.

There is little friendship in the world. --Bacon.

There can be no friendship without confidence, and
no confidence without integrity. --Rambler.

Preferred by friendship, and not chosen by
sufficiency. --Spenser.

2. Kindly aid; help; assistance, [Obs.]

Some friendship will it [a hovel] lend you gainst
the tempest. --Shak.

3. Aptness to unite; conformity; affinity; harmony;
correspondence. [Obs.]

Those colors . . . have a friendship with each
other. --Dryden.

Synonyms: friendly relationship

See Also: blood brotherhood, companionship, company, confidence, fellowship, relationship, society, trust

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