blame vs remit

blame

verb
  • To censure (someone or something); to criticize. 

  • To assert the cause of some bad event. 

  • To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame, to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative). 

noun
  • Culpability for something negative or undesirable. 

  • A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code. 

  • Censure. 

  • Responsibility for something meriting censure. 

remit

verb
  • To refer (something or someone) for deliberation, judgment, etc. (to a particular body or person). 

  • Rhymes: -ɪt 

  • Audio (UK) (file) 

  • To restore or replace. 

  • To postpone. 

  • IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ɹɪˈmɪt/ 

  • To forgive, pardon (a wrong, offence, etc.). 

  • To allow (something) to slacken, to relax (one's attention etc.). 

  • To transmit or send (e.g. money in payment); to supply. 

  • To refrain from exacting or enforcing. 

  • IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ɹiˈmɪt/, /ɹɪˈmɪt/ 

noun
  • A communication from a superior court to a subordinate court. 

  • IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈɹiːmɪt/, /ɹɪˈmɪt/ 

  • Audio (UK) (file) 

  • IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˈɹimɪt/, /ɹiˈmɪt/, /ɹɪˈmɪt/ 

  • Rhymes: -ɪt 

  • Terms of reference; set of responsibilities; scope. 

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