Accommodation may refer to: * A

dwelling In law, a dwelling (also known as a residence, abode or domicile) is a self-contained unit of accommodation – such as a house, apartment, mobile home, houseboat, recreational vehicle, or other "substantial" structure – used as a home by ...

* A place for temporary

lodging Lodging refers to the use of a short-term dwelling, usually by renting the living space or sometimes through some other arrangement. People who travel and stay away from home for more than a day need lodging for sleep, rest, food, safety, shel ...

* An approach to

negotiation Negotiation is a dialogue between two or more parties to resolve points of difference, gain an advantage for an individual or Collective bargaining, collective, or craft outcomes to satisfy various interests. The parties aspire to agree on m ...

and

conflict resolution Conflict resolution is conceptualized as the methods and processes involved in facilitating the peaceful ending of Conflict (process), conflict and Revenge, retribution. Committed group members attempt to resolve group conflicts by actively co ...

Reasonable accommodation A reasonable accommodation is an adjustment made in a system to accommodate or make fair the same system for an individual based on a proven need. That need can vary. Accommodations can be religious, physical, mental or emotional, academic, or em ...

, a legal doctrine protecting religious minorities or people with disabilities *

Accommodation (religion) (Divine) Accommodation (or condescension) is the theological principle that God, while being in his nature unknowable and unreachable, has nevertheless communicated with humanity in a way that humans can understand and to which they can respond, ...

, a theological principle linked to divine revelation within the Christian church *

Accommodationism In law and philosophy, accommodationism is the cooperation between government and religious institutions. Underlying accommodationism is the idea that "government and religion are compatible and necessary to a well-ordered society." Accommodationis ...

, a judicial interpretation with respect to Church and state issues *

Accommodation bridge In the United Kingdom, an accommodation bridge or occupation bridge is one that preserves a pre-existing private road, path or right-of-way (transportation), right of access when a major transport route is built across it. Without the bridge, ac ...

, a bridge provided to re-connect private land, separated by a new road or railway *

Accommodation (law) Accommodation has its original meaning of a legal obligation entered into as a gratuitous favor without consideration, such as a signature guaranteeing payment of a debt. This is sometimes called an accommodation endorsement. Its meaning has exp ...

, a term used in US contract law *

Accommodation (geology) Accommodation is a fundamental concept in sequence stratigraphy, a subdiscipline of geology. It is defined as the space that is available for the deposition of sediments. Accommodation space can be pictured as the volume between the actual sur ...

, the space available for sedimentation *

Accommodation (eye) Accommodation is the process by which the vertebrate eye changes optical power to maintain a clear image or focus (optics), focus on an object as its distance varies. In this, distances vary for individuals from the far point—the maximum distan ...

, the process by which the eye increases optical power to maintain a clear image (focus) on an object as it draws near * Accommodation in psychology, the process by which existing mental structures and behaviors are modified to adapt to new experiences according to Jean Piaget, in the learning broader theory of

Constructivism Constructivism may refer to: Art and architecture * Constructivism (art), an early 20th-century artistic movement that extols art as a practice for social purposes * Constructivist architecture, an architectural movement in the Soviet Union in t ...

* Accommodations, a technique for education-related disabilities in

special education Special education (also known as special-needs education, aided education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, and SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates their individual di ...

services * Communication accommodation theory, the process by which people change their language behavior to be more or less similar to that of the people with whom they are interacting * Accommodation, a linguistics term meaning grammatical acceptance of unstated values as in accommodation of presuppositions *

Biblical accommodation (Divine) Accommodation (or condescension) is the theological principle that God, while being in his nature unknowable and unreachable, has nevertheless communicated with humanity in a way that humans can understand and to which they can respond, p ...

, the adaptation of text from the Bible to signify ideas different from those originally expressed * PS ''Accommodation'', a pioneer Canadian steamboat built by John Molson

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