vapauttaa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- absolve verb To officially clear someone of blame, guilt, or responsibility.
- acquit verb To decide in court that someone is not guilty.
- bail noun A sum of money paid to secure someone's release from custody while they await trial.
- deliver verb To bring or take something to its intended destination.
- discharge verb To officially release someone from a hospital, job, the armed forces, or legal custody.
- disentangle verb To undo something that has become tangled or knotted.
- dispense verb To give out or distribute something, especially in measured amounts.
- emancipate verb To release a person or group from another’s control or oppression; to free them.
- exempt adj Not required to do, pay, or follow something that otherwise applies.
- free adj Not under the control of someone else; not imprisoned or restricted.
- liberate verb To set someone or something free from confinement, control, or oppression.
- loose adj Not firmly attached, fixed, or fitting tightly.
- loosen verb To make something less tight, or to become less tight.
- manumit verb To set someone free from slavery.
- outright adv Completely and without reservation; entirely.
- privilege noun A special right, benefit, or advantage available to some people but not others.
- purge verb To rid something of unwanted elements; to cleanse or clear out completely.
- redeem verb To exchange a voucher, points, or a bond for cash or its stated value.
- release verb To set free or allow to leave, especially from captivity or confinement.
- relieve verb To ease or reduce pain, distress, or worry.
- rescue verb To save someone or something from danger, harm, or a difficult situation.
- rid verb To free a person, place, or thing of something unwanted, usually followed by "of."
- sanctify verb To make something holy or set it apart for religious use.
- spring noun The season between winter and summer, when plants begin to grow again.
- unchain verb To remove the chains binding someone or something.
Senses
vapauttaa is used for these senses in English:
- absolve (transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- absolve (transitive, legal) To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
- acquit (transitive, obsolete) To release, to rescue, to set free.
- bail To set free; to deliver; to release.
- dearrest (transitive) To release (a person) from arrest.
- deliver To set free from restraint or danger.
- deliver To free from or disburden of anything.
- discharge (military) To release (a member of the armed forces) from service.
absolve — full definition
- verb To officially clear someone of blame, guilt, or responsibility.
- verb To formally forgive someone of their sins.
acquit — full definition
- verb To decide in court that someone is not guilty.
- verb To pay off or settle something owed, such as a debt.
- verb To free someone from a duty, obligation or charge.
- verb To behave in a particular way, especially in carrying out a task.
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