knockback vs refusal

knockback

noun
  • A rejection; a refusal. 

  • A blow that causes the recipient to fall or move backwards, a knock back; a recoil. 

  • Something that impedes or reverses progress; a setback. 

refusal

noun
  • The act of refusing. 

  • Depth or point at which well or borehole drilling cannot continue. 

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