Friend"ship , n. [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.
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