acquaintanceship

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The text excludes “casual acquaintanceship or ordinary fraternization in a business or social context.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2022

That she desperately needs his help, but also spends the first hours of their acquaintanceship pointing her rifle at him, does little to assuage his distrust.

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2019

"There was no impropriety whatsoever in my acquaintanceship with Miss Keeler."

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2017

This is sounding a little more than the casual acquaintanceship Ms. Paige has suggested.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2011

Thus Mr. MacQueen and Colonel Arbuthnot provided alibis for each other—two persons between whom it seemed most unlikely there should be any prior acquaintanceship.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie