resignation vs resistance

resignation

noun
  • An uncomplaining acceptance of something undesirable but unavoidable. 

  • A written or oral declaration that one resigns. 

  • The form by which a vassal returns the feu into the hands of a superior. 

  • The act of resigning. 

resistance

noun
  • The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist. 

  • An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement. 

  • A force that tends to oppose motion. 

  • electrical resistance. 

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