denial vs validation

denial

noun
  • A disownment or disavowal 

  • An assertion of untruth. 

  • Refusal to believe that a problem exists. 

  • A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect. 

  • Refusal to admit responsibility for wrongdoing. 

  • A refusal or failure to provide or grant something that is requested or desired. 

  • Negationism, denialism of historical facts or accepted interpretation. 

  • The negation in logic. 

validation

noun
  • Something, such as a certificate, that validates something; attestation, authentication, confirmation, proof or verification. 

  • The process of identifying a new prisoner's gang affiliation. 

  • The process whereby others confirm the validity of one's emotions. 

  • The act of validating something. 

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