behave vs rid

behave

verb
  • To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way. 

  • To act in a polite or proper way. 

  • To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner. 

rid

verb
  • To free (something) from a hindrance or annoyance. 

adj
  • Released from an obligation, problem, etc. (usually followed by of). 

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