semblance

/ˈsembləns/ noun

Definition

semblance of normality/order, etc › a small amount of a quality, but not as much as you would like: Our lives have now returned to some semblance of normality.

(Definition of semblance noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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