Haul north away from paradise (5)
I believe the answer is:
heave
'haul' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'north away from paradise' is the wordplay.
'north' becomes 'n' ('N' can be a synonym of 'north').
'away from' suggests deleting specific letters.
'paradise' becomes 'heaven' ('heaven' can be a synonym of 'paradise').
'heaven' with 'n' taken out is 'HEAVE'.
(Other definitions for heave that I've seen before include "Retch - lift using much effort" , "Throw; haul by rope (naut.)" , "Lift or throw with great effort" , "Hoist" , "Produce (a sigh); haul" .)