acknowledge vs reject

acknowledge

verb
  • To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form. 

  • To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to. 

  • To be grateful of (e.g. a benefit or a favour) 

  • To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in 

  • To report (the receipt of a message to its sender). 

reject

verb
  • To refuse to accept. 

  • To refuse a romantic advance. 

  • To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court. 

noun
  • A rejected takeoff. 

  • A rejected defective product in a production line. 

  • Something that is rejected. 

  • An unpopular person. 

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