refuse vs send off

refuse

verb
  • To melt again. 

  • To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission. 

  • To decline (a request or demand). 

  • To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy. 

adj
  • Discarded, rejected. 

noun
  • Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage. 

send off

verb
  • To emit; to emanate. 

  • To show someone a red card, and dismiss them from the playing area. 

  • To provide a celebration for someone who is leaving; give a sendoff. 

  • To send; to dispatch. 

noun
  • farewell party 

  • funeral or memorial service 

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