What does the word "respect" mean?

What does it exactly mean when you say you respect someone? Is it more related to admiration/liking or awe/obedience to authority? Has it to do more with how a person acts or what does he or she accomplish?

Let's say you have two teachers. One is kindhearted, nice and wants to stay on good terms with his or her students but he or she also makes compromises to avoid conflicts. Another is strict, asserting authority, keeps his or her distance, gets his or her job done by making people study harder but in hearts of students evokes rather feelings of awe than trust.

According to you, is the word respect more applicable to the first or the second case?

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Ryannnnnn · 31-35, M

There's different levels of respect. There's mutual/basic respect and then theres leadership respect.

The leader doesn't need to be liked and cares about getting the result that those who follow them also want. They show the confidence that they know where they're going. So people are willing to make the necessary sacrifices and efforts to achieve that in the promise that they get the result.