The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ABHOR
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More clues leading to the result ABHOR
- Hate having a house in Bangor’s outskirts
- Hate a tedious talker endlessly trapping husband
- Hate airline coming over house by river
- Find horrible Kasbah tours with regular disappearances
- With minor injuries, men are unable to stand
- Detest rough bar small house installed
- Definitely not like sailor to have house by river
- Detest a bore endlessly detaining husband
- Hate crime, alternatively
- Actual bodily harm soldiers are repelled by
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The straight part
We know that "Recoil from" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case recoil from = abhor.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ABHOR mean?
ABHOR verb- To regard with horror or detestation; to shrink back with shuddering from; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.
- To fill with horror or disgust.
- To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
- (canon law) To protest against; to reject solemnly.
- To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; construed with from.
- Differ entirely from.