spectation

noun2

1. •
   (rare) The act of watching something; observation.

   • the medical attaché is permitted to ease effortlessly from unwound spectation into a fully relaxed night's sleep, still right there in the recumbent recliner […] — 1996
2. •
   (no longer used, rare) Regard; aspect; appearance.

   • This simple spectation of the lungs is differenced from that which concomitates a pleurisy. — 1672