in character vs righteous

in character

adj
  • Consistent with one's personality, or the typical behavior one is known for. 

prep
  • Acting as the character, not as oneself. 

righteous

adj
  • Moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimony. 

  • Justified morally. 

  • Free from sin or guilt. 

  • Awesome; great. 

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

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