An absorptive article, such as a disposable diaper, that is suppressed from being positionally displaced while worn by the user. The disposable diaper (1) has a front body section (21) and a rear body section (22) that have edges of a body opening, the edges being aligned in a lat-eral direction, a chassis (2) that has a crotch section (23), and an elongate absorption body (4) that has higher rigidity than the chassis (2). The front body section (21) and the rear body section (22) are constructed from a com-posite sheet stretchable in the lateral direction (WD). The angle formed by a line DL and a line CL2 is in the range from 0 to 50 degrees, where the line DL is a line that interconnects a first lowermost point P1 of a joint section (24) in the rear body section (22) and a second lowermost point P2 on the end side of a stretch section of that part of the composite sheet that forms the rear body section (22), and the line CL2 is a line that is obtained by extending an end edge, which passes through the second lowermost point P2, of that part of the composite sheet that forms the rear body section (22).
