promise vs refusal

promise

noun
  • A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use. 

  • A placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation. 

  • Reason to expect improvement or success; potential. 

  • an oath or affirmation; a vow 

verb
  • To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow. 

  • To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good. 

refusal

noun
  • The act of refusing. 

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

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