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An example use of friendship in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… redeveloped a friendship that lasted …”
Friendship is a relationship between two people who have a bond of mutual affection.
the word friendship occurs in english on average 27.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.