Sometimes employers discover evidence of employee ___ after someone has sued them for discrimination. Employers may try to use this evidence to completely ___ liability for the wrongful discrimination. While they cannot eliminate liability with this information, they may be able to ___ the amount of damages they might have to pay.

Fill in the blanks with words that would best complete the passage.

a. harassment
b. increase
c. abuse
d. uncap
e. limit
f. avoid
g. misconduct