righteous vs truth-telling

righteous

adj
  • Moral and virtuous, to the point of sanctimony. 

  • Justified morally. 

  • Free from sin or guilt. 

  • Awesome; great. 

verb
  • To make righteous; specifically, to justify religiously, to absolve from sin. 

truth-telling

adj
  • Telling the truth; honest, frank. 

noun
  • The act of telling the truth. 

How often have the words righteous and truth-telling occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )