Kevennettynä

Kevennettynä is a Finnish linguistic form used to express that something is in a mitigated or lightened state. It is the adverbial participle of the verb keventää (to lighten, ease, mitigate) formed as kevennetty + nä, effectively meaning “in a lightened way” or “with relief applied.” The form kevennettynä is typically used in formal or technical prose and is common in legal, administrative, or policy texts.

In practice, kevennettynä describes the manner in which a condition or obligation has been eased, reduced, or softened. It often appears in phrases describing penalties, duties, or restrictions that have been milder after a decision or regulation. Examples include sentences such as “rangaistus kevennettynä” (the punishment mitigated) or “maksu kevennettynä” (the payment reduced). The construction is not part of everyday colloquial speech but resides in written Finnish, especially official documents and legislative texts.

Etymology: from keventää “to lighten” plus the past participle suffix -tty and the adverbial suffix -nä. Related terms include kevennys (the act of lightening, mitigation), lieventäminen (amelioration), and keventäminen (process of lightening or easing).