denial vs obedience

denial

noun
  • A disownment or disavowal 

  • An assertion of untruth. 

  • Refusal to believe that a problem exists. 

  • A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect. 

  • Refusal to admit responsibility for wrongdoing. 

  • A refusal or failure to provide or grant something that is requested or desired. 

  • Negationism, denialism of historical facts or accepted interpretation. 

  • The negation in logic. 

obedience

noun
  • The collective body of persons subject to any particular authority. 

  • A written instruction from the superior of an order to those under him. 

  • Any official position under an abbot's jurisdiction. 

  • The quality of being obedient. 

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