hope vs mortification

hope

noun
  • The virtuous desire for future good. 

  • A sloping plain between mountain ridges. 

  • A small bay; an inlet; a haven. 

  • A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe. 

  • The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen. 

  • The actual thing wished for. 

  • A person or thing that is a source of hope. 

verb
  • To wish. 

  • To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might. 

  • To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in. 

  • To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes. 

mortification

noun
  • A bringing under of the passions and appetites by a severe or strict manner of living. 

  • A bequest to a charitable institution. 

  • The death of part of the body. 

  • A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment. 

  • The act of mortifying. 

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