belt-tightening vs redemptive

belt-tightening

adj
  • Causing or involving a reduction in expenditure. 

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

redemptive

adj
  • Causing, or relating to, redemption or saving; redeeming. 

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