Vapautettu

Vapautettu is a Finnish word meaning freed or liberated. It is the past passive participle of the verb vapauttaa (to liberate) and is used as an adjective to describe someone or something that has been released from confinement, oppression, or obligation. The root is related to vapaus, freedom, and the word forms in Finnish include vapautettu in attributive use and various inflected shapes such as vapautetun, vapautetulle, vapautetussa, and vapautettujen.

In everyday language vapautettu appears in phrases like vapautettu vanki (a freed prisoner) or vapautettu henkilö (a liberated person). Grammatically, it can function as an ordinary Finnish adjective and is compatible with the usual noun-adjective agreement. It can also appear predicatively in sentences such as Hän on vapautettu (He has been released) or Hänet on vapautettu (He has been released to him/them in passive constructions).

The term is commonly used in legal, historical, and journalistic contexts to describe release from imprisonment, asylum, or other forms of constraint. Depending on context, its English translations can be freed, released, or emancipated.

Etymology and related forms: vapautettu derives from vapauttaa (to liberate) with the -ettu participial ending, linked to the noun vapaus (freedom). Related terms include vapautus (release or pardon), vapautuminen (liberation process), and vapauttaja (liberator).