功こう罪ざい相あい償つぐなう

expression

good and bad deeds cancel out; merits and demerits offset each other

Idiomatic expression meaning that one's good actions and bad actions balance each other out, so neither is clearly dominant. Often used in evaluative or moral contexts.

• 彼かれは功こう罪ざい相あい償つぐなう人じん生せいを送おくった。

  He lived a life where his good and bad deeds canceled each other out.

• 功こう罪ざい相あい償つぐなうという言こと葉ばがあるが、本ほん当とうにそうだろうか。

  There is a saying that good and bad deeds cancel each other out, but is that really true?