friendship

4 definitions found

friendship - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              There is little friendship in the world. --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              There can be no friendship without confidence, and
              no confidence without integrity.      --Rambler.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Preferred by friendship, and not chosen by
              sufficiency.                          --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Kindly aid; help; assistance, [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Some friendship will it [a hovel] lend you gainst
              the tempest.                          --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Aptness to unite; conformity; affinity; harmony;
        correspondence. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Those colors . . . have a friendship with each
              other.                                --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]

friendship - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  friendship
      n 1: the state of being friends (or friendly) [syn:
           friendship, friendly relationship]

friendship - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Friendship, AR (town, FIPS 25180)
    Location: 34.22375 N, 93.00301 W
    Population (1990): 160 (69 housing units)
    Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 71942
  Friendship, IN
    Zip code(s): 47021
  Friendship, MD
    Zip code(s): 20758
  Friendship, ME
    Zip code(s): 04547
  Friendship, NY (CDP, FIPS 27694)
    Location: 42.20544 N, 78.14240 W
    Population (1990): 1423 (544 housing units)
    Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 14739
  Friendship, TN (city, FIPS 27960)
    Location: 35.91030 N, 89.24176 W
    Population (1990): 467 (210 housing units)
    Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 38034
  Friendship, WI (village, FIPS 27950)
    Location: 43.97179 N, 89.81999 W
    Population (1990): 728 (298 housing units)
    Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 53934

friendship - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "friendship":
     accord, affection, affinity, alliance, amiability, amicability,
     amity, attachment, attraction, benevolence, brotherhood, closeness,
     coalition, comity, companionability, comradeship, concord,
     congeniality, consonance, conviviality, devotion, empathy, esteem,
     familiarity, federation, fellowship, fondness, fraternity,
     friendliness, fusion, harmony, intimacy, kindliness, league, love,
     rapport, sisterhood, sociability, warmth