repel vs surrender

repel

verb
  • To force away by means of a repulsive force. 

  • To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.). 

  • To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.). 

  • To cause repulsion or dislike in; to disgust. 

  • To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.). 

  • To save (a shot). 

surrender

verb
  • To give up into the power, control, or possession of another. 

  • To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy. 

  • To give up possession of; to yield; to resign. 

  • To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc. 

  • For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value. 

  • To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet. 

  • To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in. 

noun
  • An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation. 

  • The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand. 

  • The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists. 

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