renounce vs steer

renounce

verb
  • To abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration. 

  • To cast off, repudiate. 

  • To fail to follow suit; playing a card of a different suit when having no card of the suit led. 

  • To make a renunciation of something. 

  • To give up, resign, surrender. 

  • To surrender formally some right or trust. 

  • To decline further association with someone or something, disown. 

noun
  • An act of renouncing. 

steer

verb
  • To conduct oneself; to take or pursue a course of action. 

  • To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm. 

  • To direct a group of animals. 

  • To direct a conversation. 

  • To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel). 

  • To castrate (a male calf). 

  • To direct or send an object into a specific place 

  • To maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action. 

noun
  • A suggestion about a course of action. 

  • The castrated male of cattle, especially one raised for beef production. 

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