absolve vs cite

absolve

verb
  • To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt. 

  • To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for. 

  • To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to. 

  • To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin. 

  • To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically. 

  • To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). 

cite

verb
  • to quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another. 

  • to list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context. 

  • to summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court. 

noun
  • a citation 

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