Connector

A connector, comprising:

• a female terminal fitting including a resilient contact piece;
• a female housing for accommodating the female terminal fitting;
• a male terminal fitting to be connected to the resilient contact piece;
• a male housing for accommodating the male terminal fitting, the male housing being connected to the female housing;
• and
• a movable portion displaceable between a terminal deforming position where the resilient contact piece is resiliently deformed away from the male terminal fitting and a releasing position where the movable portion is disengaged from the resilient contact piece,
• wherein:
• at least one of the movable portion and the male housing is formed with a slide-contact portion for sliding in contact with the other of the movable portion and the male housing in a connection process of the female housing and the male housing,
• the slide-contact portion is inclined to displace the movable portion from the releasing position to the terminal deforming position by sliding in contact with the other of the movable portion and the male housing,
• the movable portion is separate from the female housing,
• the movable portion includes a deforming portion to be more resiliently deformed according to a displacement from the releasing position to the terminal deforming position, and
• the deforming portion returns the movable portion from the terminal deforming position to the releasing position based on a restoring force generated by deformation.