benevolence vs remedy

benevolence

noun
  • Disposition to do good. 

  • Charitable kindness. 

  • A kind of forced loan or contribution levied by kings without legal authority, first so called under Edward IV in 1473. 

  • An altruistic gift or act. 

remedy

noun
  • Something that corrects or counteracts. 

  • A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease. 

  • The accepted tolerance or deviation in fineness or weight in the production of gold coins etc. 

  • The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong. 

verb
  • To provide or serve as a remedy for. 

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