recant vs take back

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. 

take back

verb
  • To retract/withdraw an earlier statement 

  • To cause to remember some past event or time 

  • To regain possession of something 

  • To return something to a vendor for a refund 

  • To resume a relationship 

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