confess vs reject

confess

verb
  • To unburden (oneself) of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution. 

  • To hear or receive such a confession of sins from. 

  • To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in. 

  • To disclose or reveal. 

  • To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed. 

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 confess and reject occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )