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Virtue of good people (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grace

'virtue' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'good people' is the wordplay.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'people' becomes 'race' (people can mean a national group or race).
'g'+'race'='GRACE'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for grace that I've seen before include "Honour" , "Elegance; blessing" , "Meal blessing" , "Comeliness" , "Before dinner, one may have this" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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