What do you think it means to respect someone?
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Explanation:

If you are at all religious, you might be interested in Paul's answer to this question.

What he said is that husbands must love their wives as themselves and wives must respect their husbands. Ephesians 5:33.

Don't you find that a strange statement? I'm still puzzling over it. That should tell  you that Paul had a different meaning for both love and respect. It is actually a much more powerful word than you might expect. The Roman Empire and all of possessions had a very low opinion of women. Most men thought women were a necessary evil. So Paul is actually saying something to husbands, not to wives.

I'm sorry I got so tangled up in this, but I think both love and respect have a new meaning. We think of love as being romantic. We think of respect as having polished manners which are truly meant.

But true respect does not have anything to do with force. True respect has something to do with genuine appreciation for the individual you grant it to. They have something in them that makes you want to defer to when you are uncertain, to consult when things are not going well, trust when there seems to be no where else to turn, and respond to them when they say something.