PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem in a conventional underpants for incontinence in which a front part is opened that a urine leaks easily to outside of an exterior sheet during incontinence.SOLUTION: An absorbent article comprises: an exterior sheet 13 comprising a front bodice area 10F and a rear bodice area 10R, on which a waist surrounding opening part 11 and leg surrounding opening parts 12R, 12L are formed; and an absorbent body 15 which comprises a liquid impermeable back sheet 20, a liquid permeable top sheet 22 and an absorber 21 provided therebetween. The exterior sheet 13 comprises a slit 18 extending from the front bodice area 10F to the rear bodice area 10R, the absorbent body 15 is jointed to the exterior sheet 13 so that an end edge part on the waist surrounding opening part 11 side, an end edge part closer to the rear bodice area 10R, and a side end edge part closer to one leg surrounding opening part 12R surround the slit 18, and a gap 19 formed between a side end edge part of the absorbent body 15 closer to the one leg surrounding opening part 12R and the exterior sheet 13, and the slit 18 are in a communication state.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1【課題】従来の前あきタイプの軽度失禁用パンツは、失禁時に尿が外装シートの外に漏れやすい。【解決手段】前身頃領域10Fおよび後身頃領域10Rを有し、ウエスト周り開口部11および脚周り開口部12R,12Lが形成された外装シート13と、液不透過性のバックシート20,液透過性のトップシート22およびこれらの間に配される吸収体21を有する吸収性本体15とを具え、外装シート13は前身頃領域10Fから後身頃領域10Rに向けて延在するスリット18が形成され、吸収性本体15はウエスト周り開口部11側の端縁部および後身頃領域10Rに近い側の端縁部および一方の脚周り開口部12Rに近い側の側端縁部がスリット18を囲むように外装シート13に接合され、一方の脚周り開口部12Rに近い側の吸収性本体15の側端縁部と外装シート13との間に形成される隙間19と、スリット18とが連通状態にある。【選択図】図1