indulge vs obviate

indulge

verb
  • To give way to (a habit or temptation); to not oppose or restrain. 

  • To grant an extension to the deadline of a payment. 

  • To satisfy the wishes or whims of. 

  • To grant as by favour; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request. 

  • To yield to a temptation or desire. 

obviate

verb
  • To avoid (a future problem or difficult situation). 

  • To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required). 

noun
  • Synonym of obviative 

adj
  • Synonym of obviative 

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