exhortation vs pleading

exhortation

noun
  • The act or practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable. 

  • Language intended to incite and encourage 

pleading

noun
  • The act of making a plea. 

  • A document filed in a lawsuit, particularly a document initiating litigation or responding to the initiation of litigation. 

adj
  • That pleads. 

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