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/frˈɛndʃɪp/ /frˈɛnʃɪp/ Listen

noun

Friendship n.

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." "There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity." "Preferred by friendship, and not chosen by sufficiency."

Kindly aid; help; assistance, (Obs.) "Some friendship will it (a hovel) lend you gainst the tempest."

Aptness to unite; conformity; affinity; harmony; correspondence. (Obs.) "Those colors... have a friendship with each other."

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Etymology of 'Friendship'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Friendship" Quotes from Famous Books

... viz., Philip Francis and Edward Wheler, Esquires, who were present, and of Sir Eyre Coote, who was absent, (by whose absence the casting voice of the said Warren Hastings, Esquire, prevailed,) did conclude a treaty of perpetual friendship and alliance, offensive and defensive, with a Hindoo prince, called the Ranna of Gohud, for the express purpose of using the forces of the said Ranna in opposition ...

— The Works Of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. IX. (of 12) • Edmund Burke

... those jovial youngsters who, in reality, were of his age and epoch, was finding his most satisfying intimacy in the friendship of two of the older men: Doctor Eustace Keltridge, and ...

— The Brentons • Anna Chapin Ray

... with these Indians and they had gained my confidence. As events subsequently showed, I held their friendship and confidence. At one time, during the war, a party of Indians held me harmless within their power. They had said they would not harm those who had advocated their cause at the time ...

— Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail • Ezra Meeker

... "you love, and are discreet, but be not too discreet therein. In such a love as yours there is nothing to be ashamed. He who may win my lady's favour has every reason to be proud of his fortune. Altogether seemly would be your friendship, for you are young, ...

— French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France • Marie de France

... miles across—between a poor ignorant creature in a minin' camp, and a rich man's daughter, a lady? Ye'd tell me not to be ashamed of poverty; but would ye ever put me by the side of her—for all your fine feelin's of friendship for them that's beneath ye? Didn't ye show that at ...

— King Coal - A Novel • Upton Sinclair

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