Holiness

In Christianity, holiness is a term used for describing the reshaping of a person through spiritual rebirth.

This is described in the Bible, in Paul's Epistle to the Romans, chapter 6, verses 19-22. The concept of holiness is the basis for the Holiness movement, a branch of Christianity with close ties to Methodism and the Pentecostal movement.

Holiness is also used in many other religions (Bhuddism, Islam, etc) to mean something similar to sacred.