Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Semblance \Sem"blance\, n. [F. See {Semblable}, a.]
   1. Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.

            Thier semblance kind, and mild their gestures were.
                                                  --Fairfax.

   2. Likeness; resemblance, actual or apparent; similitude; as,
      the semblance of worth; semblance of virtue.

            Only semblances or imitations of shells. --Woodward.

Source : WordNet®

semblance
     n 1: an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately
          misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance
          of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the
          gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a
          different color" [syn: {gloss}, {color}, {colour}]
     2: an erroneous mental representation [syn: {illusion}]
     3: picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
        [syn: {likeness}]