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Suggests person deserves censure when they find fault with virtue? (15)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blameworthiness

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'virtue?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both states of affairs as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'suggests person deserves censure when they find fault' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'censure' could be 'blame' (synonyms) and 'blame' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'worthiness' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'with' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for blameworthiness that I've seen before include "Guilt" , "Culpability" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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