abstinence vs dare

abstinence

noun
  • The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything. 

  • The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite. 

  • Abstention from certain foods on days of penitential observance. 

  • Specifically, the practice of abstaining from sexual intercourse, either permanently or until marriage. 

  • Delay of spending to accrue capital. 

  • Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating/alcoholic beverages; total abstinence; teetotalism). 

dare

noun
  • Defiance; challenge. 

  • The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness. 

  • A challenge to prove courage. 

  • In the game truth or dare, the choice to perform a dare set by the other players. 

  • A small fish, the dace 

verb
  • To terrify; to daunt. 

  • To have enough courage (to do something). 

  • To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to 

  • To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them. 

  • To defy or challenge (someone to do something) 

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