avowal vs noncommittal

avowal

noun
  • An open declaration of affirmation or admission of knowledge. 

noncommittal

adj
  • Tending to avoid commitment; lacking certainty or decisiveness; reluctant to give out information or show one's feelings or opinion. 

noun
  • Failure to commit to a decision or course of action. 

  • A voter etc. who has not yet committed to a decision. 

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