Friĕnd'ship, n.
(frĕnd'-), n. 1. An attachment to a person, proceeding from intimate acquaintance, and a reciprocation of kind offices, or from a favorable opinion of the amiable and respectable qualities of his mind.
There is little friendship in the world. Bacon.
There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity. Rambler.
Sense 2. Personal attachment to a friend; a friendly relation or intimacy.
His friendships, still to few confined, Were always of the middling kind. Swift.
Sense 3. Friendly aid, office, or kindness; amicable assistance.
Some friendship will it lend you. Shak.
Sense 4. Aptness to unite; conformity; affinity; correspondence. [Obs.]
Those colors . . . have a friendship for each other. Dryden.