espouse vs resign

espouse

verb
  • To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause). 

  • To become/get married to. 

resign

verb
  • To hand over (something to someone), place into the care or control of another. 

  • To quit (a job or position). 

  • To submit passively; to give up as hopeless or inevitable. 

  • To give up; to relinquish ownership of. 

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