affirmation vs censure

affirmation

noun
  • That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true. 

  • A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion. 

  • The solemn declaration made by Quakers and others incapable of taking an oath. 

censure

noun
  • Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment. 

  • An official reprimand. 

  • The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension. 

verb
  • To criticize harshly. 

  • To formally rebuke. 

How often have the words affirmation and censure occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )