FRIENDSHIP

friendship, friendly relationship

(noun) the state of being friends (or friendly)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

friendship (countable and uncountable, plural friendships)

(uncountable) The condition of being friends.

(countable) A friendly relationship, or a relationship as friends.

(uncountable) Good will.

Synonyms

• (friendly relationship): entente cordiale

Antonyms

• enemyship

• foeship

Source: Wiktionary


Friend"ship, n. Etym: [AS. freóndscipe. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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