gentle vs reprobate

gentle

verb
  • To break; to tame; to domesticate. 

  • To soothe; to calm; to make gentle. 

  • To become gentle. 

noun
  • A trained falcon, or falcon-gentil. 

  • A maggot used as bait by anglers. 

adj
  • Soft and mild rather than hard or severe. 

  • Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition. 

  • Polite and respectful rather than rude. 

  • Gradual rather than steep or sudden. 

  • Docile and easily managed. 

reprobate

verb
  • To refuse, set aside. 

  • To have strong disapproval of something; to reprove; to condemn. 

  • Of God: to abandon or reject, to deny eternal bliss. 

adj
  • Rejected by God; damned, sinful. 

  • Rejected; cast off as worthless. 

  • Immoral, having no religious or principled character. 

noun
  • One rejected by God; a sinful person. 

  • An individual with low morals or principles. 

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