cite vs pardon

cite

noun
  • a citation 

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. 

pardon

intj
  • Often used when someone does not understand what another person says. 

verb
  • To forgive (a person). 

  • To refrain from exacting as a penalty. 

  • To grant an official pardon for a crime. 

noun
  • An order that releases a convicted criminal without further punishment, prevents future punishment, or (in some jurisdictions) removes an offence from a person's criminal record, as if it had never been committed. 

  • Forgiveness for an offence. 

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