Definition of substance:

part of speech: noun

The essence or material of a thing; the main part; that which really exists; body; something real or solid; goods; wealth; means of living.

Usage examples:

• In substance they admitted that in the " Peary Proofs," passed upon a year before, there was no proof. Frederick A. Cook in "My Attainment of the Pole".

• The same thing he repeated in substance to Kali. Henryk Sienkiewicz in "In Desert and Wilderness".

• He is more concerned to give us in full the substance of His apology. Marcus Dods in "The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I".

• He had lived with her for a year, and had been unable to comprehend that she was of different substance from Mrs. Maclaughlin or Mrs. Badgerly. Mary Helen Fee in "The Locusts' Years".