# retire

URL: /business/verbs/retire · Id: `page:business/verbs/retire`

> Every retire Verb, one per Noun: Agent, Mailbox, Noun, Verb, Voice.

`retire` acts on 5 [Nouns](/business/nouns/noun). Each is its own [Verb](/business/nouns/verb), named for its Noun.

| Verb | Noun | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Agent.retire](/business/nouns/agent/retire) | [Agent](/business/nouns/agent) | Retire removes an Agent from every seat in a Startup for good and keeps its Actions, Memory and Mailbox history on the record. |
| [Mailbox.retire](/business/nouns/mailbox/retire) | [Mailbox](/business/nouns/mailbox) | Retire stops a Mailbox for good and keeps its address, Messages and sending history. |
| [Noun.retire](/business/nouns/noun/retire) | [Noun](/business/nouns/noun) | Retire removes a published Noun from new Versions; its records, its history and every pinned Version keep serving. |
| [Verb.retire](/business/nouns/verb/retire) | [Verb](/business/nouns/verb) | Retire removes a published Verb from new Versions; callers pinned to earlier Versions keep calling it. |
| [Voice.retire](/business/nouns/voice/retire) | [Voice](/business/nouns/voice) | Retire deletes a Voice’s trained copy at the upstream and refuses new speech in it, keeping the record and every File made. |