guilt vs penitency

guilt

verb
  • To cause someone to feel guilt, particularly in order to influence their behaviour. 

noun
  • The regret of having done wrong. 

  • Responsibility for wrongdoing. 

  • The state of having been found guilty or admitted guilt in legal proceedings. 

penitency

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