(n.) The act of rendering secular, or the state of being rendered secular; conversion from regular or monastic to secular; conversion from religious to lay or secular possession and uses; as, the secularization of church property.

abomination abuse atrocity befouling befoulment blasphemousness blasphemy contamination crime debasement defilement desecration disgrace dishonoring disrespect fouling heresy ignominy impiety impiousness infamy irreverence maltreatment misuse offense outrage perversion pity profanation profaneness profanity prostitution sacrilegiousness scandal secularization shame sin terrible thing violation vitiation