backtrack vs resign

backtrack

verb
  • To retrace one's steps. 

  • To exercise a racehorse around the racetrack in the opposite direction to that in which races are run. 

  • To taxi down an active runway in the opposite direction to that being used for takeoff. 

  • To repeat or review work already done. 

noun
  • the act of backtracking 

resign

verb
  • To hand over (something to someone), place into the care or control of another. 

  • To quit (a job or position). 

  • To submit passively; to give up as hopeless or inevitable. 

  • To give up; to relinquish ownership of. 

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