FEMALE TERMINAL

A female terminal (10) to be connected to a male terminal (40) including a male-side body (41) extending in a front-rear direction and includes a female-side body (11) configured so that the male-side body (41) is inserted therein from the front. A resilient contact piece (23) is configured to resiliently contact the male-side body (41) in a first direction intersecting a connecting direction of the male terminal (40), and a receiving portion (16) configured to contact the male-side body (41) in second direction opposite to the first direction. A receiving-side contact (19) forms a contact point between the receiving portion (16) and the male-side body (41) is located forward of a contact piece-side contact point (27) serving as a contact point between the resilient contact piece (23) and the male-side body (41).