exculpation vs story

exculpation

noun
  • The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime. 

  • That which exculpates; an excuse. 

story

noun
  • An account of real or fictional events. 

  • A lie, fiction. 

  • A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account. 

  • A soap opera. 

  • A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an application or website that is typically only available for a short period. 

verb
  • To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about. 

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