allow vs confess

allow

verb
  • To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion. 

  • To not bar or obstruct. 

  • To render physically possible. 

  • To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have. 

  • To grant license to; to permit; to consent to. 

  • To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct. 

  • To take into account by making an allowance. 

  • To decide (a request) in favour of the party who raised it; to grant victory to a party regarding (a request). 

confess

verb
  • To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in. 

  • To hear or receive such a confession of sins from. 

  • To unburden (oneself) of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution. 

  • To disclose or reveal. 

  • To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed. 

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