recalcitrate vs submit

recalcitrate

verb
  • To kick back; to kick against anything. 

  • To express repugnance or opposition. 

submit

verb
  • To yield (something) to another, as when defeated. 

  • To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission. 

  • To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc. 

  • To yield or give way to another. 

  • To subject; to put through a process. 

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