A connector, comprising: a shorting terminal including a resilient contact piece and configured to short a pair of terminal fittings by the resilient contact piece resiliently contacting the pair of terminal fittings; and a housing configured to accommodate the terminal fittings and the shorting terminal; wherein: the shorting terminal includes a pair of press-fit projections (20F, 20S) to be press-fit into one press-fit groove provided in the housing, the press-fit projections (20F, 20S) being separated on front and rear sides in a press-fitting direction into the press-fit groove; the shorting terminal includes a base plate in the form of a flat plate having the press-fit projections (20F, 20S), and a rising portion rising in a direction intersecting with the press-fitting direction from a rear end of the base plate in the press-fitting direction; the rising portion is inclined such that a rising end side is located more forward than a base plate side in the press-fitting direction; and the housing includes a shorting terminal accommodation chamber configured to accommodate the shorting terminal; characterized in that the pair of press-fit projections (20F, 20S) are formed such that a height of the press-fit projection located on the front side in the press-fitting direction is smaller than that of the press-fit projection located on the rear side; and a recess is provided, to correspond to an end part of the rising portion on the base plate side, on a rear end part of the shorting terminal accommodation chamber in the press-fitting direction. a shorting terminal including a resilient contact piece and configured to short a pair of terminal fittings by the resilient contact piece resiliently contacting the pair of terminal fittings; and a housing configured to accommodate the terminal fittings and the shorting terminal; wherein: the shorting terminal includes a pair of press-fit projections (20F, 20S) to be press-fit into one press-fit groove provided in the housing, the press-fit projections (20F, 20S) being separated on front and rear sides in a press-fitting direction into the press-fit groove; the shorting terminal includes a base plate in the form of a flat plate having the press-fit projections (20F, 20S), and a rising portion rising in a direction intersecting with the press-fitting direction from a rear end of the base plate in the press-fitting direction; the rising portion is inclined such that a rising end side is located more forward than a base plate side in the press-fitting direction; and the housing includes a shorting terminal accommodation chamber configured to accommodate the shorting terminal; the shorting terminal includes a pair of press-fit projections (20F, 20S) to be press-fit into one press-fit groove provided in the housing, the press-fit projections (20F, 20S) being separated on front and rear sides in a press-fitting direction into the press-fit groove; the shorting terminal includes a base plate in the form of a flat plate having the press-fit projections (20F, 20S), and a rising portion rising in a direction intersecting with the press-fitting direction from a rear end of the base plate in the press-fitting direction; the rising portion is inclined such that a rising end side is located more forward than a base plate side in the press-fitting direction; and the housing includes a shorting terminal accommodation chamber configured to accommodate the shorting terminal; characterized in that the pair of press-fit projections (20F, 20S) are formed such that a height of the press-fit projection located on the front side in the press-fitting direction is smaller than that of the press-fit projection located on the rear side; and a recess is provided, to correspond to an end part of the rising portion on the base plate side, on a rear end part of the shorting terminal accommodation chamber in the press-fitting direction.