Absorbent article with three dimensional shape retaining structure

An absorbent article including a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, the absorbent article comprising:

• a front waist region, a rear waist region, a crotch region, the crotch region being disposed between the front waist region and the rear waist region;
• a front waist edge in the front waist region, a rear waist edge in the rear waist region, and a first longitudinal side edge and a second longitudinal side edge, the first longitudinal side edge and the second longitudinal side edge each extending from the front waist edge to the rear waist edge;
• a body facing liner including a body facing surface and a garment facing surface, the body facing liner including at least one embossment, the embossment including an intersecting slit formation;
• a backsheet;
• an absorbent body disposed between the body facing liner and the backsheet;
• and
• an acquisition layer including a body facing surface and a garment facing surface, the acquisition layer including at least one recess, the at least one recess receiving the at least one embossment of the body facing liner in a nested configuration;
• wherein the body facing liner includes a plurality of embossments and the acquisition layer includes a plurality of recesses, at least some of the plurality of recesses receiving one of the plurality of embossments of the body facing liner in a nested configuration;
• wherein a majority of the plurality of embossments includes an intersecting slit formation,
• wherein a majority of the plurality of embossments includes a first depth, wherein a majority of the plurality of recesses includes a second depth, the first depth is less than the second depth, a greatest slit length in the intersecting slit formation being less than or equal to a difference between the second depth and the first depth.