What does the word semblance mean?

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The word semblance is used to mean outward appearance or likeness or similarity. It might also be applied to mean illusion.

The semblance to a normal routine didn't fool the keen observers who knew the pain the Senator carried following the loss of his wife and daughter.

There was a semblance to propriety that the mayor crafted in an attempt to hide his corruption.

The haggard stranger bore no semblance to the powerful manager who had left the plant three months ago with a grave illness.

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