Resemblance /(-blans)/

Re·sem·blance

Resemblance

n.
  1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity.
    One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other.
  2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
    These sensible things, which religion hath allowed, are resemblances formed according to things spiritual.
  3. A comparison; a simile. [Obs.]
  4. Probability; verisimilitude. [Obs.]