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The outfit truth wears when it doesn't feel like going out.
means An outward appearance or resemblance that may or may not match the reality underneath — the look of a thing rather than the thing itself.
from From Old French semblance, from sembler 'to seem, to resemble,' rooted in Latin simulare 'to make similar, to copy' — the same root that gives us 'similar' and 'simulate.' So a semblance has always been a cousin to pretending: it's the family resemblance a thing wears, whether earned or borrowed.
- root
- from latin semblar, to seem or resemble
- usage tell
- almost always paired with order, as in restore
- honesty level
- implies appearance without the substance
- legal favorite
- courts love it for things that merely look lawful