Definition of friendship Friendship

/fɹɛˈndʃɪp/ - [frendship] - friend•ship

We found 12 definitions of friendship from 7 different sources.

What does friendship mean?

Noun Plural: friendships
friendship - the state of being friends (or friendly)
		friendly relationship
		relationship a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness); "the relationship between mothers and their children"
		blood brotherhood the friendship characteristic of blood brothers
		companionship, fellowship, society, company money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research

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friendship (n.)
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.
friendship (n.)
Kindly aid; help; assistance,
friendship (n.)
Aptness to unite; conformity; affinity; harmony; correspondence.

friendship
Relationship between people who have mutual affection for each other.

Friendship is having have a good relationship with someone, a friend.
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The Friendship was a convict transport ship in the First Fleet. The First Fleet carried the convicts and soldiers to Australia to start a penal colony. The ships left England in May 1787 and arrived in Australia in January, 1788. This was the start of European settlement of Australia. The "Friendship" was a ship of 274 tons under the command of Master Francis Walton. The ship had a contract with the British Government to carry convicts. The owners were paid at a rate of 10 shillings per ton per month until the ship returned to Deptford. They had to agree to keep the prisoners secure and in safe custody.

On her return trip with the "Alexander", many of the sailors on the "Friendship" became sick with scurvy. There were not enough sailors fit enough to sail both ships. All the crew went on board the "Alexander", and the "Friendship" was scuttled (sunk) off the coast of Borneo on October 28, 1788.