ill-famed vs righteous

ill-famed

adj
  • Having a bad reputation. 

righteous

adj
  • Justified morally. 

  • Free from sin or guilt. 

  • Moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimony. 

  • Awesome; great. 

verb
  • To make righteous; specifically, to justify religiously, to absolve from sin. 

How often have the words ill-famed and righteous occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )