01 n. The state of being friends; friendly relation, or attachment, to a person, or between persons; affection arising from mutual esteem and goo…
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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.
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Kindly aid; help; assistance,[Obs.]“Some friendship will it [a hovel] lend you gainst the tempest.” — Shak.
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Aptness to unite; conformity; affinity; harmony; correspondence.[Obs.]“Those colors . . . have a friendship with each other.” — Dryden.