Cited true form of virtue (9)
I believe the answer is:
rectitude
'virtue' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'cited true form' is the wordplay.
'form' indicates an anagram.
'cited'+'true'='citedtrue'
'citedtrue' with letters rearranged gives 'RECTITUDE'.
'of' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for rectitude that I've seen before include "Certitude about moral goodness" , "Strict propriety" , "Moral integrity" , "Correctness" , "Uprightness, integrity" .)