THE ABSORBENT ARTICLE (1, 1A, 1B) COMPRISING: A MAIN BODY (2) HAVING AN ABSORBER (30) WING PORTIONS (43) EXTENDING OUTWARD OF THE MAIN BODY IN THE WIDTH DIRECTION (W) AND FOLDED BACK TO A NON-SKIN CONTACT SURFACE SIDE OF UNDERWEAR (S) OF A WEARER AND FLAP PORTIONS (60) EXTENDING OUTWARD OF THE MAIN BODY IN THE WIDTH DIRECTION AT REAR SIDE COMPARED TO THE WING PORTIONS WHEREIN THE FLAP PORTIONS COMPRISE: FIRST CONSTRICTED PORTIONS (61) HAVING A WIDTH IN THE WIDTH DIRECTION OF THE FLAP PORTIONS NARROWER THAN A WIDTH IN THE WIDTH DIRECTION IN FRONT-REAR REGIONS OF THE CONSTRICTED PORTIONS FIRST FLAP PORTIONS (63) POSITIONED IN FRONT OF THE CONSTRICTED PORTIONS AND EXTENDING OUTWARD OF THE CONSTRICTED PORTIONS IN THE WIDTH DIRECTION AND SECOND FLAP PORTIONS (64) POSITIONED AT REAR SIDE COMPARED TO THE CONSTRICTED PORTIONS AND EXTENDING OUTWARD OF THE CONSTRICTED PORTIONS IN THE WIDTH DIRECTION AND WHEREIN THE FLAP PORTIONS ARE FORMED WITH RECESSED PORTIONS (70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75) INDENTED IN A THICKNESS DIRECTION (T) OF THE FLAP PORTIONS AND THE RECESSED PORTIONS EXTEND FROM INSIDE TO OUTSIDE IN THE WIDTH DIRECTION AS GOING TO THE REAR SIDE.