absolve vs implicate

absolve

verb
  • To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt. 

  • To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for. 

  • To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to. 

  • To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin. 

  • To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically. 

  • To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). 

implicate

verb
  • To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment. 

  • To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way. 

  • To imply without entailing; to have as an implicature. 

noun
  • The thing implied. 

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