belt-tightening vs redeeming

belt-tightening

adj
  • Causing or involving a reduction in expenditure. 

noun
  • A reduction in expenditure, often as a result of financial restrictions. 

redeeming

adj
  • Compensating for the faults of someone or something. 

  • Able to save people from sin, error or evil. 

noun
  • An act of redemption. 

How often have the words belt-tightening and redeeming occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )