# friendship

Pronunciation: say "FREND-ship" /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/

## Noun

1. A relationship between people who like, trust, and care about each other as friends.
   - Simple: A close bond between people who like and care about each other.
   - _A lasting friendship can survive long periods of distance and silence._
   - _Their friendship deepened as they faced one hardship after another together._
2. The state or condition of being friends with another person.
   - Simple: The state of being friends with someone.
   - _Friendship requires honesty, patience, and time to grow._
   - _Their relationship moved from simple acquaintance into real friendship._
3. A feeling of good will and kindly regard toward another person or nation.
   - Simple: Kind feelings and good will toward another person or group.
   - _The neighboring nations pledged friendship and promised to support each other._
   - _She extended a hand of friendship to her former rival._

## Origin

From Middle English frendshipe, from Old English frēondsċiepe, from Proto-West Germanic *friundskapi. It combines "friend" with the suffix "-ship".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/friendship (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).