There's a natural abhorrence for such a cleaner (6)
I believe the answer is:
vacuum
'a cleaner' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for vacuum that I've seen before include "A region empty of matter" , "cleaner" , "Emptiness" , "Totally empty space" , "Absence of matter" .)