The present invention relates to an absorbent article (1), preferably an incontinence pant-like diaper, comprising a chassis (2), a front waist region (3), a back waist region (4) and a crotch region (5) extending between said front and back waist regions (3,4)； wherein the front and back waist regions (3,4) are joinable to each other and wherein, when joined, a waist-opening is formed and a pair of leg-openings are formed by one or more crotch-leg-peripheral-edges (17,17') and front and back waist-leg-peripheral-edges (18,18',19,19'), and wherein first and second front waist-leg-peripheral-edges (18,18') extend from a first position (20,20') proximal to the crotch region (5) to a second position (21,21') distal therefrom and proximal to a lateral edge (15,15') of the front waist region (3), said first and second front waist-leg-peripheral-edges (18,18') being oppositely disposed from the longitudinal axis. It is characterized in that distance D extending parallel to the longitudinal axis (Y-Y) between the front waist end (13) and a fifth position (22,22') along the first and second front waist-leg-peripheral-edges (18,18') which is closest to the front waist end (13), is smaller than length L of a front waist lateral edge (15,15') extending parallel to the longitudinal axis (Y-Y).
