From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
friendship
n : the state of being friends [syn: friendly relationship]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Friendship \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.
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There is little friendship in the world. --Bacon.
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There can be no friendship without confidence, and
no confidence without integrity. --Rambler.
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Preferred by friendship, and not chosen by
sufficiency. --Spenser.
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2. Kindly aid; help; assistance, [Obs.]
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Some friendship will it [a hovel] lend you gainst
the tempest. --Shak.
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3. Aptness to unite; conformity; affinity; harmony;
correspondence. [Obs.]
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Those colors . . . have a friendship with each
other. --Dryden.
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