quash vs recant

quash

verb
  • To void or suppress (a subpoena, decision, etc.). 

  • To defeat decisively, to suppress. 

recant

verb
  • To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly. 

  • To give a new cant (slant, angle) to something, in particular railway track on a curve. 

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