Accommodation is the process by which the eye increases its refractive power, by increasing lens curvature, to focus on near objects within 6 m.
Near point is the nearest point at which an object can be seen clearly, with accommodation exerted to its maximum.
Functional Basis of Accommodation
The cornea has fixed curvature, so its refractive power is constant; only the malleable lens can vary curvature via ciliary muscle contraction, giving the eye a variable focal point.
A resting (unaccommodated) eye focuses objects at more than 6 m away; ciliary muscles are relaxed and the lens is at its flattest curvature.