deceit vs rectitude

deceit

noun
  • An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick. 

  • The state of being deceitful or deceptive. 

  • An act of deceiving someone. 

  • The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury. 

rectitude

noun
  • Conformity to the rules prescribed for moral conduct; (moral) uprightness, virtue. 

  • Straightness; the state or quality of having a constant direction and not being crooked or bent. 

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