dilapidation vs strengthening

dilapidation

noun
  • The state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined. 

  • Ecclesiastical waste: impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or intentionally. 

  • The act of dilapidating, damaging a building or structure through neglect or intentionally. 

  • Money paid at the end of an incumbency by the incumbent or his heirs for the purpose of putting the parsonage etc. in good repair for the succeeding incumbent. 

strengthening

noun
  • The process by which something is strengthened. 

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