Definitions by arkainrdk
love
The willful adoption of a responsibility to benefit the beloved while holding no reasonable expectation of reciprocation. What counts as beneficial is based entirely on the lover's understanding of the beloved. Since people don't even fully understand themselves, let alone anything not themselves, it is reasonable that sometimes what the lover expects to be beneficial to the beloved will either be ineffectual or negatively impacting. This is a prescriptive definition.
Respect
Intentionally trying to "not offend" unnecessarily. The word ordering is important. This is different from "trying not to offend" since while the former puts effort into ensuring that no offense occurs unless necessary, the latter views accidental offenses as "natural" and allowable. This is a prescriptive definition.