/'frĕnd-shĭp/, noun:
1. mutual respect; companionship,
2. a relationship between friends.
friend: /frĕnd/, noun: a person who knows and likes another. “The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.” - Hubert H. Humphrey “A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.” - William Penn