absolve vs attribute

absolve

verb
  • To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt. 

  • To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for. 

  • To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to. 

  • To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin. 

  • To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically. 

  • To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). 

attribute

verb
  • To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc. 

  • To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone. 

noun
  • That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident. 

  • A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated. 

  • An object that is considered typical of someone or some function, in particular as an artistic convention. 

  • A word that qualifies a noun. 

  • A characteristic or quality of a thing. 

  • An option or setting belonging to some object. 

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